Blink - audio book - Malcolm Gladwell

In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; New Coke; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

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Author : Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated By : Malcolm Gladwell

Publisher : Hachette Audio

Length : 8 hours

Type : Self Help

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10 Steps to Prepare and Deliver a Powerful Presentation - audio book - David Julian Price

This book is perfect for people who need to give a great presentation, but do not have a lot of time to prepare.

Do you ever need to give an important presentation at work or at meeting but you just don't have the time you know you should spend in preparing? This book is for you. It gives you a really simple and easy to follow formula that anyone can use. The formula allows you to be yourself and have your own style but will quickly get you to a finished presentation that you can be proud of!

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* Presentations to colleagues at work;
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David Price has been a professional speaker for 20 years. He has consulted, coached and trained people to make powerful presentations all over Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, David is a highly regarded and recommended coach for Executives and Chief Executive Officers and is especially effective in helping them with effective chair meeting and time management coaching. He speaks at conferences all over the world and is recommended for his energy and enthusiasm as a speaker. He can be contacted at david@davidprice.com or at www.davidprice.com.

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David is straight to the Point. Easy to Follow, Easy to Remember and He Makes it So Easy To Do. Great Stuff. Thanks.

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Hissy Fit - Mary Kay Andrews

Keeley Murdock's wedding to A. J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia.

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