In the #1 national bestseller Blink‚ Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the way we think. Specifically‚ he explains the workings of the unconscious mind in making snap judgments and decisions. He proves that more information is not always a good thing‚ and some of the best decisions come from gut instinct. In the first chapter‚ Malcolm introduces the idea of thin-slicing‚ our unconscious ability to determine what is important in a very short period of time. In more basic terms‚ thin-slicing is our gut
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to improve and better their skill. However‚ I would like to recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s book‚ Outliers‚ as one of the five finalist for the National Book Award because it gives tremendous insight and removes a sometimes negative connotation to the word “Outlier”.Stating that qualities is not all a person needs to become successful. And qualities that make a good athlete include way more then practice and dedication. Gladwell also states that this same information relates to other actions including:
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Most Likely to Succeed Analogies are comparisons of two things in terms of relationships. Malcolm Gladwell uses uses analogies when writing about epidemics in The Tipping Point. He compared two widely differing items or events throughout the Book. Despite what one may think‚ he was able to explain how similar the two were very well. For example‚ Gladwell compares the small group of people who owned air walks to the people in Baltimore who delivered needles around the city. He also compared the rise
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell explores the idea of “thin-slicing‚” which is the act of the brain only using a small bit of information to make a decision. These types of snap judgements are sometimes thought to be inferior to well thought out and studied decisions. Gladwell shows that well researched decisions are not always better decisions. Rapid cognition‚ or “thin-slicing‚” is observed in many cultures and is used by many people around the world. In some ways‚ one can make the case that “thin-slicing”
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Malcolm Gladwell and Jon Krakauer In your last paper you were asked to consider the possible motivation behind Chris McCandless’s decision to abandon conventional knowledge. For this paper we are going to examine the excerpt from Krakauer’s book in a new light-in relation to Malcolm Gladwell’s ideas. In his chapter‚ "The Power of Context‚" Malcolm Gladwell argues for another way to understand one’s relation to "meaning" and knowledge. While Gladwell looks at the epidemic of crime in New York City
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According to Gladwell‚ most people are incapable of becoming successful; Gladwell says this is because of the radically simple fact that some do not get the same chances and opportunities as others. It has more to do with a person’s fate than their intelligence in his or her field. The general idea of a population is that if a person puts enough time and hard work into something then there is no end to the possibilities to come. The global belief‚ with the exception of Malcolm Gladwell and his followers
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In the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the central theory that Gladwell presents is that often the decisions and observations made in only a split-second‚ in the blink of the eye‚ are better than decisions which are made after extensive thought. To present and justify this idea Gladwell describes the lives of several people who make‚ or have made‚ important snap decisions with a high level of success or failure. He then explains the logic behind each story and relates it back to his original principle
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In chapter “Wilma Derksen”‚ Malcolm Gladwell talks about different way of using power. There are two words that important to understand the chapter are “crime” and “repercussions”. The first word is crime; this word means an offensive action that may be prosecute by state. This chapter talks about the limit of power through the ways that people uses to react to crime. We can see this word repeats all over this chapter. The second word is repercussions; this word means a bad consequence occurring
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was a factor that would determine a child’s strength and ability on hockey since they were able to start earlier and they are most likely to be the ones to belong in the elite team in the future. Despite of the fact that birth date is an important factor‚ an individual’s own skill is really the key to reach the top. In the second chapter‚ The 10‚000-Hour Rule‚ Gladwell presented that to become truly a master of something‚ an individual must undergo 10‚000 hours of practice and mastery on a particular
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Malcolm Gladwell‚ a best-selling author‚ describes the social phenomenon known as thin-slicing in his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Thin-slicing refers to the way that people take in little information quickly and make judgements with or without knowing they are doing so. Gladwell asserts that thin-slicing is imperative in save time and make valuable predictions. Gladwell’s inference is well supported with psychologists’ research and data collected on the subconscious. Gladwell’s
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