Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: Discover the Power of Intuitive Thinking

Agnes: A pleasure to read this book !

Canada on Oct 02, 2023

Mike Morgulis: I'm not a self-help guidebook person, but I do enjoy learning the hows and whys of how people make decisions. This book was recommended to me by a fellow flight instructor after I'd taught a segment of ground school on pilot decision making. What the book does is give examples of people who used gut decisions or deeply engrained prejudices and how those events unfolded, for better or worse. It helps to tear apart bureaucratic processes, it shines the light on marketing ploys. It is the secret decoder ring and the book was impossible to put down. I devoured it in a single marathon reading session.

Canada on Sep 07, 2023

Cliente Amazon: The book tries to prove how good can “belly feelings” be for effective decisions, but shows examples of situations like humans liking each other or liking a food or deciding actions in a battle field, all cases where lengthy analysis simply are not applicable. In all the successful cases where decisions based upon gut are taken, the people involved are moreover seasoned experts in their domain. By the end the book therefore comes to the conclusions that true experts can weigh instinct and experience. The end point is thus that you can take quick decisions and skip analysis if you are a super expert.I think a lot more can be said about instinct development and listening to emotions, and one critical untapped topic is how you explain such gut feelings to others.

Italy on Aug 15, 2023

H. SebastianH. Sebastian: Being a great fan of „outliers“ by the same author I was really curious about „blink“ which means the incredible power of subconscious mind which is doing a lot for each and everyone of us everyday. The first part of the book exactly does this: presenting what a well trained subconscious mind can do, how it influences us everyday, how it leads our decisions and how often we do not know why we decide how we decide (and often do so correctly) – using tons of very illustrative examples and stories. The second part of the book goes into detail on how easy our very powerful subconscious can be (easily) fooled – and that we even fall into the same traps every time, again by presenting examples and stories out of real life. This awesome book is closed with a wonderful lessons learned chapter on what can be taken out of this book.
Clear, well to understand language, great examples, available online material, detailed notes and index section make the book a great read which enables the interested read to dig deeper into this awesome topic. Recommend this book for readers who want to understand more about themselves as well as their environment, read this! It will turn some...

Germany on Aug 04, 2023

CA Ram Pavan Kumar: This book "Blink" explores the concept of "thin-slicing," or the ability to make quick and accurate judgments based on limited information.
The author employed an "engaging" writing style as a fiction writer typically does. The author, Gladwell's research, is extensive, and he does an excellent job of weaving together different stories and examples to illustrate his points.

The author made complex concepts accessible. This book generates thought-provoking insights into the human mind and decision-making. It is a must-read for anyone interested in psychology, decision-making, and human behavior.

India on Jan 26, 2023

Argo Dalapati: "Blink" is a book about our cognitive abilities. Malcolm Gadwell considers the ability of the human mind to make split second decisions and judgments, which are usually accurate. He delves into the idea that our instincts are usually correct, even though there are no fundamental reasons why then goes onto convince readers that snap judgement and first impressions can be controlled and educated. He writes about the term "thin slicing" to describe the ability to find patterns in events based only on narrow windows of experience.

Overall "Blink" provides a new sort of perception that first impressions and judgments are actually true. From childhood, we are all taught that first impressions are key. Malcolm Gadwell provides evidence of split second Decisions and judgement ranging from a retired tennis player, to Medical Doctors. Gadwell does however, explain that prejudices can impair our thoughts. Gadwell even describes how the outcome of a relationship (Divorce or Married) in 10 years, can be quantitatively measured.

The overall theme is "Thinking without Thinking," which describes that ones mind can subconsciously understand and analyze a situation before one's...

United States on Oct 03, 2010

Richard of Connecticut: If you wanted to sum up Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink", I would tell you to see the very first "Star Wars" movie. Remember in 1977 when Luke Skywalker while piloting his fighter hears Obi-Wan Kenobi tell him to turn off his radar while attacking the evil star ship? Obi-Wan wants Luke to rely on the FORCE. In other words, give up his conscious thought patterns and go with your gut.

This is what BLINK is all about. Our ability to instantly know what is real from what is fiction. What is good from what is bad? Gladwell is telling us to go with our right (creative) brain, and for the moment to shut down our left (logical, analytical) brain, and oh he is so right.

In example after example, the author goes through diverse instances where people in just the time it takes to BLINK, can make FABULOUS decisions that turn out to be the right ones. Others using the power of their analytical minds can take days, weeks, and even months, and come to the wrong decision. There's something going on here, and Gladwell is onto it. Human beings have five million years of evolutionary history behind us, and consciousness for only the last 15,000 or 20,000 years.

Somehow, we have TURNED...

United States on Apr 01, 2007