Copy: Paperbound
Rating - 5
Bink is one of those rare books that will make you stop & connect with what the author just said to your personal incidents. Malcolm Gladwell, one of the foremost thought leaders of our times, wings in a simple concept that we use every day – thin slicing. How do you react in the first two seconds when confronted with a situation or have to make a snap judgement? Early in the book the author introduces us to the part of the brain that leaps into conclusions called adaptive conclusion. The years of experiences in leading a life or pursuing a career helps us in hard-wiring certain aspects which leads to adaptive conclusion.
The author takes us through different cases where these aspects come into play – from a tennis coach who was very accurate in calling the double fault even before the ball hit the racket, to the fire-fighter who instantly knew something was wrong in one of incidents. The author weaves in a series of test cases where snap judgement works & where it did not. The test cases exhibited in the book ranged from a car salesman in Florida to a head doctor in Chicago. The writing is such the reader will make several pit-stops to think & wonder about those blink situations.
The gold nuggets of the book are buried in the last chapters of the book. It will be unwise to tell it. What will be wise to tell is that reading the book was an experience.
Rating - 5
Bink is one of those rare books that will make you stop & connect with what the author just said to your personal incidents. Malcolm Gladwell, one of the foremost thought leaders of our times, wings in a simple concept that we use every day – thin slicing. How do you react in the first two seconds when confronted with a situation or have to make a snap judgement? Early in the book the author introduces us to the part of the brain that leaps into conclusions called adaptive conclusion. The years of experiences in leading a life or pursuing a career helps us in hard-wiring certain aspects which leads to adaptive conclusion.
The author takes us through different cases where these aspects come into play – from a tennis coach who was very accurate in calling the double fault even before the ball hit the racket, to the fire-fighter who instantly knew something was wrong in one of incidents. The author weaves in a series of test cases where snap judgement works & where it did not. The test cases exhibited in the book ranged from a car salesman in Florida to a head doctor in Chicago. The writing is such the reader will make several pit-stops to think & wonder about those blink situations.
The gold nuggets of the book are buried in the last chapters of the book. It will be unwise to tell it. What will be wise to tell is that reading the book was an experience.
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