Blink - The Power of Thinking without Thinking

Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking--------------------------------------------------Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from thedepths of our mind. It is a product of long hours and intelligent design,of meaningful work environments and particular rules and principles.This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to knowin an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking andbecome better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everydaylife. Just as he did with his revolutionary theory of the tipping point,Gladwell reveals how the power of blink' could fundamentally transformour relationships, the way we consume, create and communicate, howwe run our businesses and even our societies.You'll never think aboutthinking in the same way again.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Author, journalist, cultural commentator and intellectualadventurer, Malcolm Gladwell was born in 1963 in England to a Jamaicanmother and an English mathematician father. He grew up in Canada andgraduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto in1984. From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter for the Washington Post,first as a science writer and then as New York City bureau chief. Since1996, he has been a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine. His curiosityand breadth of interests are shown in New Yorker articles ranging overa wide array of subjects including early childhood development andthe flu, not to mention hair dye, shopping and what it takes to becool. His first book The Tipping Point captured the world's attentionwith its theory that a curiously small change can have unforeseen effects,and the phrase has become part of our language, used by writers, politiciansand business people everywhere to describe cultural trends and strangephenomena. His other international bestselling books are Outliers,which looks at the stories of exceptional individuals and reveals thesecrets of their success, and What The Dog Saw, a collection of hismost provocative and entertaining New Yorker pieces.