Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell: Book Summary

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publication Date: April 3, 2007

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ORIGINAL BOOK DESCRIPTION:
In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within.

Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police.

Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"-filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

Product Details
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Back Bay Books; 1 edition (April 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780316010665
ISBN-13: 978-0316010665
ASIN: 0316010669
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2,125 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Malcolm Gladwell
Biography
Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw. Prior to joining The New Yorker, he was a reporter at the Washington Post. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He now lives in New York.
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