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Blink - The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw , David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers . He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York. Klappentext 'Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted' THE NEW YORK TIMES An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the right person... This book is all about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell, one of the world's most original thinkers, explores the phenomenon of 'blink', showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you'll never think about thinking in the same way again... 'Compelling, fiendishly clever' EVENING STANDARD 'Brilliant... the implications for business, let alone love, are vast' OBSERVER 'Superb... this wonderful book should be compulsory reading' NEW STATESMAN 'Blink might just change your life' ESQUIRE 'Should you buy this book? You already know the answer to that' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Zusammenfassung 'Mesmerizing' Time An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple's future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts could change the way you think about thinking forever. 'Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted' David Brooks, The New York Times 'Fiendishly clever' Evening Standard 'Provocative, fascinating, radical' Fergal Byrne, Financial Times ...

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Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted The New York Times

Product details

Authors Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell Malcolm
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 02.01.2006
 
EAN 9780141022048
ISBN 978-0-14-102204-8
No. of pages 277
Dimensions 101 mm x 181 mm x 17 mm
Series Penguin Pocketbooks
Penguin Pocketbooks
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Business

PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Popular psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology

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