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Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - cardguy - 10-02-2013
I really enjoy Gladwell's magazine articles. But I have never read any of his books - since the subjects of each of his books seem a little dull to me.
So - with that said - if I was to check out one of his books - which do you think is his best one? If I like it I will check out his others as well.
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - Gunner - 10-02-2013
I really enjoyed Blink, on the other hand Outliers has the best rating in Goodreads (4 vs 3.8 for the other books)
For me it was:
Blink
Outliers
Tipping Point
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - cardguy - 10-02-2013
Cool - will be interesting to see how the latest one goes down (it came out last week).
Also - I have heard alot of peoplee say their favourite book of his are the two (there is at least one book - but I think there might now be two) books which collect his magazine articles.
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - bacan - 10-02-2013
I just heard positive things about David and Goliath
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - PompeyChris - 10-03-2013
Blink is fantastic, I have just bought tipping point which I plan to finish reading by next week.
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - la_mode - 10-03-2013
Reading outliers right now, very interesting & informative so far.
Best Malcolm Gladwell book? - Hypno - 10-11-2018
Just finished Blink. It was an enjoyable read because Gladwell is a good storyteller.
Blink is about how the unconscious mind affects decision making.
You would think that there would be huge applications to game, but this book was a little disappointing in that regard, although still interesting.
There are really two applications to game. Priming, and microexpressions.
Priming is the technique of having someone put themselves in a state of mind. "Imagine if you and I were on a vacation, where do you see us?" Cialdini discusses the application of this technique in much greater depth in Presuasion.
The other application is microexpressions. Human faces have tells. A guy name Paul Ekman did the research on all the possible facial expressions and what they mean. He has training modules on line for $100-$300. It seems like a valuable skill and worth the investment if you acquired the skill.