Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a book written by Malcolm Gladwell. This book introduces the concept of “thin slicing”. The concept refers to how in a split second or blink of an eye people can make an unconscious and accurate assessment of someone. Using the concept of thin slicing we can determine what is really important within the first few seconds when meeting someone. Malcolm Gladwell explained that first impressions or
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ALSO BY MALCOLM GLADWELL The Tipping Point To my parents, Joyce and Graham Gladwell Introduction The Statue That Didn’t Look Right In September of 1983, an art dealer by the name of Gianfranco Becchina approached the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC. It was what is known as a kouros—a sculpture of a nude male youth standing with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides. There are only about two
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Eating, drinking, breathing and especially thinking are actions we perform in our daily life without actually noticing the effort put forth. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell, explains exactly how the subconscious mind works to the average audience. Despite the difficulty level in explaining the mind’s magic, Gladwell uses multiple experiments that demonstrate the power of impressions and other psychological occurrences to guide the audience through the nonfiction
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Lloyd 1 Strider Lloyd Dr. Natoli PPD 545 February 23, 2016 Word Count: 1857 EQ + PQ > IQ Currently, the study of human behavior in public organizations is shifting in focus away from the traditional intelligence quotient (IQ), towards the more progressive combination of the emotional quotient (EQ) and passion quotient (PQ) (Ted Talks Psychology, 2013). Although the traditional argument that the IQ of an organization is the most important factor in organizational success, is compelling
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Malcolm Gladwell’s famous novel, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, opens up a new idea of how first impressions truly have a major impact within our minds. Gladwell is not only a well known best selling author, having all five of his books on New York times best selling list, but also a respectable journalist. Gladwell introduces his idea of “thin-slicing” through situations with both good and bad outcomes. “Thin-Slicing” is the idea that humans are able to make accurate judgments based
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Suggested Reading List This section wouldn’t be complete without a list of some great books to read. Reading about reading and answering test questions is fine, but the best way to improve your reading ability is to read.This list is compiled by category.Help yourself. Choose one from the list, pick it up at a local bookstore or library, open the cover, and enjoy. Autobiography/Memoir Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X Black Boy by Richard Wright The
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10/6/10 Blink: A Brush With Subconscious Cognitive Reflexes Truth is often a difficult thing to discern. There is a common assumption that moving too fast and not thinking decisions through will result in a product of weak clarity and perhaps also weak quality. As a society, we encourage our loved ones to think things through, reconsider, and “sleep on” information in order to weigh all the possibilities and come to the best possible conclusion. However, Gladwell, the author of Blink, suggests
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, written by Malcolm Gladwell is about first impressions and snap judgments. Gladwell has three main objectives in this book: “to convince you that “decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately,” “to learn when to listen to that powerful onboard computer and when to be wary of it,” and “to convince you that our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled.” Gladwell starts off
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"In the first two seconds of looking –in a single glance – they were able to understand more about the essence of the statue than the team at the Getty was able to understand after fourteen months . . . Blink is a book about those first two seconds." Gladwell begins his introduction with the story of a kouros – an ancient Greek sculpture of a young naked male – that was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983. Kouroi are very rare. As a result this particular kouros was being sold for $10 million
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Greek Mythology has assigned many roles to women in society. Women hold most of the power, although it is not very obvious. Also, women have to be beautiful in order to be accepted into Greek society. Finally, women are supposed to be obedient in Greek society. Women hold most of the power in Greek society. In the myth the Trojan War, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite find a golden apple labeled “to the fairest.” They all believe the apple is for themselves, so they go to Paris of Troy to decide. All
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