A very fast read, with enough intriguing anecdotes and stray, smart claims to merit a look. But I do find it ironic that a book about the merits of snap judgment would be so aggravatingly repetitive, constantly reminding readers about anecdotes from earlier in the text, constantly repeating its arg...
This was a big best-seller for Gladwell. He posits that much of the time we make decisions, reach conclusions in a sort of pre-conscious manner that he calls “thin-slicing.” That means taking a very small sample, a thin slice, and making a decision immediately based on that information. However, it ...
Your gut feeling, intuition, instinct, snap call - is all this for real? Can it be trusted? Yes, according to this author. But there are areas of judgment to be aware of, understand how your "thin-slice" thinking works. Useful in understanding how you, or others, can make the quick decisions that ar...
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