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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
 

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and... (read more)

Top tags: psychology,  nonfiction,  non-fiction,  business,  decision making (all tags)

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Nicole R
  • Rated 4 stars

“What a fantastic follow-up to The Tipping Point! Gladwell has a fantastic way of weaving together many stories so that they all build off each other and all are refreshed in your mind throughout the book. He does all of this wiithout be repetitive or boring!

The entire book kept me reading but the final 100 pages or so were the hook for me. He discusses how your emotions not only control your facial expressions but how the use of certain muscles in your face can also influence how...”

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s d
  • Rated 2 stars

“Blink-- The first notion came in my mind, its an overhyped bundle of newspaper.
Then I bought the book, not listening to my first instinct,
and voila... I had to pay the price for not listening to my subconscious mind.
This is all written in this book-- buy it if you want to re-re-re-re-read this.”

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  • Rated 3.770833 stars
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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Aksha R

    aksha r said:

    “This is one of my most favorite book. I really couldn't keep it down until I finished reading it at a go :)”

    posted Thursday, August 7 2008
  • Jodie R

    jodie r said:

    “Did you ever smell something and then try to describe the smell? You sniff and sniff and suddenly you can't smell anything at all. It's like you wore out your nose.
    I think this is what our unconcious is like. It only works if we ignore it.

    This book is amazing. It gives scientific evidence for all the judgements we make. It's a blur, really, after reading the whole thing. But I know I'll have better insights in my writing life. It would be a fabulous reference book.”

    posted Wednesday, May 21 2008
  • Marina M

    marina m said:

    “love this book..very2 much.. it explained a lot n funny is, it answered some of my questions ...... (^_^)”

    posted Friday, May 9 2008
  • Divya

    divya said:

    “Very interesting ...a complicated issue explained in a very uncomplicated way ..."thinking without thinking"..”

    posted Monday, May 5 2008
  • yousefomar

    yousefomar said:

    “Very interesting and amazing! I've always pondered on many things of those mentioned in Blink, and thankfuly got the answers!”

    posted Monday, May 5 2008
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