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    2014 To Think or Not To Think‚ That is The Question “Judgment matters: it is what separates winners from losers” (260). Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a book about understanding how we arrive at the judgments we make. There are two ways that we make every decision: in the blink of an eye or with well thought out decision making processes. In this book Gladwell explores the many different ways that we make decisions using our adaptive unconscious. He attempts to convince the reader that snap

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    Blink‚ by Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ discusses the idea of thin slicing‚ the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations from small samples. Gladwell also delves into the positive and negative effects of snap judgments and how people come to conclusions withoutbeing consciously aware of doing so. One topic of the book that intrigued me was the research of John Gottman and Paul Ekman. Gottman is a psychologist and professor who has spent most of his career studying interpersonal relationships

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    In the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the central theory that Gladwell presents is that often the decisions and observations made in only a split-second‚ in the blink of the eye‚ are better than decisions which are made after extensive thought. To present and justify this idea Gladwell describes the lives of several people who make‚ or have made‚ important snap decisions with a high level of success or failure. He then explains the logic behind each story and relates it back to his original principle

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    Book Title: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Genre: Psychology/Self-Help Author: Malcolm Gladwell Number of Pages: 286 Brief Summary and “Arrangement” of the Book: Malcom Gladwell published the most pleasant book‚ “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking‚” which he extended the landmark style of his number one international bestseller The Tipping Point. Gladwell transformed the ideas of how people understand the world within its rapid decisions. The Blink is about the

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    The Thinkers 50: Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell is the writer of books and for New Yorker Magazine. His books are generally categorized under the category of “Self-improvement”. However‚ in my opinion‚ he is not one of that self-improvement trashes. You can see that he does really research for his books. Just take a look into his “cites”. Even this made him different them from those I called trash. He is not putting an exact way on you‚ he does not tell you what to do‚ as if you are beginning

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    Gladwell uses his book‚ “Blink” to show how someone’s inner self or subconscious affects his or her decisions. His entire book is based on explaining and proving the point concerning mankind’s ability to make correct conclusions in only two seconds. To start‚ He brought up the concept of “thin slicing” which means taking minute details about someone or something and using that thin slice to develop a larger opinion of him‚ her‚ or it. This he explained with examples like such as strangers rather

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    Blink by Malcolm Gladwell I had an overall good reaction to this book. My first thought when looking at the cover was that it was going to be boring but as I began reading it‚ I realized that not only is it not boring‚ it’s actually rather interesting‚ but it could also help me in my life as well. I have a tendency to over think even the simplest things and when I do make a quick decision‚ I always second guess myself. "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell is a book that really makes you think about the

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    Blink Have you ever had to make a split second decision? Have you ever mad an impulse judgment without knowing all the facts? You probably have; its human nature. Whether its reading body language‚ processing facial expressions‚ or even having someone rub you the wrong way‚ your gut feeling or intuition about situations can be described in a different manner. In the book “Blink” By Malcolm GladwellGladwell describes his theory on thin slicing‚ how it works and how we can utilize this unconscious

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    look like but the author‚ Malcolm Gladwell‚ of the book‚ Outliers‚ The Story of Success‚ defines it by the book. It says‚ “Something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body. A statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample.” Gladwell uses this definition as a baseline for the rest of his intriguing book. Gladwell gives us plenty of examples of known outliers in the world and through them Gladwell tells the secrets in becoming

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    figures in history? And most of all; how? Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Outliers: The Story of Success”‚ suggests many theories and explanations on how one can become an “outlier” of society by analyzing the triumphs and failures of the people and events that we know very best. Gladwell goes about this book by bringing success down to something that is most relatable in every human. Life. Not just escaping death‚ but living a full and healthy life. Success‚ as Gladwell explains it‚ has a systematic solution

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