Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Blink - Malcolm Gladwell

'Blink' - the power of thinking without thinking; is an interesting book in the sense that it talks about the small split second in which we make the first perceptions.
I had never seen that fraction of a second; the first feel, the first look so seriously though I had been using it unconsciously since birth. Some questions always used to linger about how this is possible - this book gives me the answers I was looking for.
The book talks about concepts like - thin slicing, snap judgment, behind closed doors etc... when understood in greater detail help us build on these and strengthen our first impressions there by
For people interested in knowing more about psychology, and the way we function unconsciously... this is definitely a must read.

1 comment:

Suman W M Sivachar said...

This is definitely one of the good reads.

The explanation of the concept of "unconscious" was good and acceptable. It made sense. :)

-Suman