Blink Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Malcolm Gladwell
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
1,058

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Book Summary

From the #1 bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, the landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making. In his breakthrough 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.

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Book Name Blink
Genre Management & Leadership
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Language English
E-Book Size 1.36 MB

Blink (Malcolm Gladwell) Book Reviews 2024

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Great Book. Malcolm Gladwell is a masterful author and did a wonderful job if taking complex concepts and explaining them simply and thoroughly through use of illustrative stories and anecdotes. It really made me think about things I never thought I would. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to expand their understanding of how psychology affects our day to day life.

Phenomenal!. I have listened to this book on audio about 5 timesā€¦..it is read by the author. I found this to be the most validating piece of information I have ever heardā€¦..what we know without even knowing. It may be a piece that requires the reader be ready to hear and to take in the information as it is not in any way superficial. This author has really done his researchā€¦..Highly recommend.

Outdated references to neuroscience literature. The author draws on research such as the IAT which has a test-retest factor of only -.35, if being generous. There are still some sound factors of reactive decision making proposed and that is valuable.

Metacognition. Malcom Gladwell simply makes one think about... well, how one actually thinks. ā€œBlinkā€ brings critical awareness of oneself as a thinker and learner. Appropriately thin-sliced into multiple vignettes, ā€œBlinkā€ helps one view problem sets from different perspectives that will expand ones thinking within a nanosecond or blink-of-an-eye.

Great for Engineers and project managers. Does good job explaining the difference and use case for statistical analysis and quick judgement.

Must Read!. Amazing insight into the human mind, practical solutions, and revealing the hidden bias in all of us.

Incredibly invigorating. M. Gladwell never ceases to amaze me. This book offers clear and concise examples that challenge the reader to think about decisions made from our unconscious mind and how easily our snap judgements can fail us. I love this book and will read again.

I recommend this book. Very good reading although it is a little complex and abstract sometimes

Blink. Great book for unconventional thinkers

Interesting book. Interesting and easy to read book.

Page Turner. Can't wait to keep reading more from Gladwell

Great!!!. A la tisnada !!! Great book

Loved outliers, hated blink. I really enjoyed outliers, so I gave this book a try. The first 30 pages or so are interesting, and then it goes no where. This book was painfully boring and overall not worth the electrons it's printed on. Sorry Malcolm, this one sucked.

Informative in Plain Language. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to a friend. Makes for great conversation with just about anyone. I liked this book and look forward to applying its knowledge! Definitely a help for social change.

Simply a must read. My favorite of all the books. It's a classic. Stories that are so relatable and repeatable to all your friends. No one tells a story like this guy.

Blink!. Very insightful and helpful in understanding the power of unconscious thought.

Gladwell at his best....so far.. Such a wonderful book on rapid cognition. Beautiful. I easily apply something from this book everyday.

Great Book. Bought this and realize it have the same topic with Daniel Kahneman's book. Love it.. Thanks.

Counterintuitive. Throughout the entirety of Blink you end up seeing how counterintuitive our first impressions to so many things are. From taste tests, to wartime strategy, and most importantly to how we interpret other people. To start to accept this idea you first have to accept a series of rules. The first is that snap judgments are natural and seem accurate enough for many scenarios. The second is that we canā€™t play an active part in that snap judgment. The next and probably biggest understanding is knowing which snap decisions to trust and which to actively work against. In his book, ā€œTalking to Strangers,ā€ Gladwell does a great job of explaining that third part, the filter. The filter being CONTEXT of course. In Blink he lays out how we quickly judge, and in the other he dives into how butcher context. For that reason you should absolutely read Blink first, followed closely by ā€œTalking to Strangers.ā€ All of this is done in Gladwellā€™s well established style. That trademark elaborate journey layered with anecdotes, tests, and expert insights that all combine to demonstrate powerful patterns. Itā€™s how you wish we learned most everything. At least in an exploratory sense. Seeding the curiosity, watering it, and waiting for that lightbulb like bloom that represents the ā€œahaā€ moment.

Superb. Loved all of the stories. Gladwell is expert at drawing conclusions through storytelling. Such an enjoyable and insightful mean. I will carry these ideas with me for the rest of my life. Well done.

It was an excellent book.. I like how Blink explains snap decision making and itā€™s importance. It also discusses how to not get lost in information but rather use the information to better understanding.

Blink -the power of the unconscious. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, how sometimes our conscious does things we are unaware of. Throughout this book Gladwell discusses certain incidents where people felt a certain way about something but didn't know why. When they saw a certain statue and they "felt as though there was a glass between me and the work." Or when they did an experiment on couples to see if they were right for each other within five minutes the psychologist could tell and although they may seem like they were they weren't because once you'd look deeper into them something so obvious but so not, you'd come to the realization that they were missing a fact that these couples werent truly stating what they really felt. Overall the book gives great insight on how your conscious works and how easily we can do certain things to manipulate our mindset. Such as taking a simple test and all of a sudden behaving differently because of certain subtle words and not realize it. The book provides you with facts along with examples to better understand it. Gladwell does an excellent job on proposing his statements on how the unconscious works without the use of too much jargon but rather captivating stories and examples. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend. Especially to those who are into learning more about how the brain works and how easily one can be manipulated, and or aspiring journalists. The best part about this book is that it's not only interesting but also an easy read. Its also a great book for those who are into learning random facts such as the reasons the "new coke" didn't work out yet no one liked the old one.

Go ahead, blink. In fact you should probably skip this entirely and just take a nap instead. This is interesting subject matter assembled with no real cohesion. I would like to take the time to explore these concepts further. With a little more substance this would easily be a īŒµīŒµīŒµīŒµīŒµ

Blink opened my eyes.... Well written. Solid enticing presentation of enlightening research that clearly lays out the reasons to trust but verify our gut reaction.

Blink. Mostly boring and repetitious. I read it on a recommendation of a friend. I may try Outliers.

Outside point of view. This is certainly very interesting subject and author does fairly decent job of exploring it, but it all comes in form of a reporter. Someone looking In from outside. Author does not share any personal experience with the subject and you can distinctly feel the lack of his own experience in the way he does not know how to relate the information he gets across mostly in form of anecdotes you probably already read about anyway if you are interested in the subject. This topic would be much better served by a different author with more personal insight into the issue. It has the feel to it that author is just writing this to make money rather than being genuinely interested in what he writes about. The book sort of starts well with a decent introduction of the subject in the first half, but it sort of goes in all directions through series of random anecdotes in the second half and becomes very chaotic without any overall idea being presented or any sort of direction whatsoever.

Highly recommend!. Definite page turner. Intelligent, very interesting and extremely well written!

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Great reading. Easy to stay interested.

Gladwell's best (so far)!. You are a human being. You are interested in other human beings? Read this!

Blink. Great book! Gladwell is a talented writer and makes topics a very interesting read. Best book of his collection, in my opinion.

Great Read. This is my favorite author of all time. Insightful, capable, and leaves you with a lasting impression.

Great book. This is a great, captivating book. I'm a slow reader but I managed to finish this book in one day. Very insightful, lots of great details and it relates to day to day life. Malcolm Gladwell is a very good and thorough writer.

Stories about common sense. Interesting read....sure. However, it's not that insightful. Lots commentary on common sense, kind of like 'Tipping Point'.

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The Blink book written by Malcolm Gladwell was published on 03 April 2007, Tuesday in the Management & Leadership category. A total of 1,058 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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