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“What the Iowa scientists found is that gamblers started generating stress responses to the red decks by the tenth card, forty cards before they were able to say that they had a hunch about what was wrong with those two decks. On your body’s intuition Gladwell writes, By the time you pull your 50th card from the decks you realize, “Hey the red deck is way worse than the blue deck.” Now, the interesting thing is that while you consciously realize it at the 50th card, your body (and intuition) knew it at card 10th card. You start picking cards randomly from the four decks. Each card in these decks will either WIN or LOSE you some money. Imagine you were asked to play a very simple game: in front of you are four decks – two of them red and the other two blue. How your body knows a winning card before you do “He’s looking for patterns and cues. He has found that he can find out much of what he needs to know just by focusing on what he calls the Four Horsemen: defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt. Contempt is closely related to disgust, and what disgust and contempt are about is completely rejecting and excluding someone from the community.” 2. So, how does he do it? Gladwell argues that Gottman knows what to look for: He’s gone on to write a few books including The Mathematics of Marriage and The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. And he can do this in less than 15 minutes. Psychologist John Gottman (University of Washington) can predict with 95% accuracy whether a couple will still be married fifteen years later. How John Gottman can spot divorce years before a married couple knows it Here are a my Top 3 favorite examples of Thin-slicing from Gladwell’s book: 1. What is some examples of Thin-slicing in real life? “Thin-slicing” is the unconscious mind’s ability to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience. When should you trust your gut? And when should you be skeptical of it? That’s Blink. Reading Blink helped me become a more critical thinker and made me understand that decision-making is complex business. Snap judgments and first impressions can be learned and controlled – if you’re willing to practice your “Thin-slicing” skills.How to know when you can trust your instincts, and when should you should be wary of them.Decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.Gladwell wants you to finish the book having learned three things: In Blink, Gladwell shares stories that celebrate the power of quick decisions, as well as those moments when our instincts betray us. Septem6 min read Why should you read Blink? Blink by Malcolm Gladwell | Book Summary and Notes

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