Blink

There are many secrets to success that many of us do not know about. Success is a process that can take many years to achieve. All the people who became successful with millions or billions of dollars did not just get lucky. People usually think that they just become lucky with fame and money, but that is not true. Based on the novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell there are many theories on how people became successful, and if we knew about these theories then many more of us would be able to…

Some people believe that we can succeed with our own control, while others believe that succeeding is due to their natural ability. Two authors David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell both have different perspectives of the two sides. The Sports Gene, by David Epstein, states that innate talent has an advantage over practice. The Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell concludes that preparation is more important than innate talent. Gladwell's argument, that people's motivation and…

Some people believe that we have the ability to forge our own successful destinies, while others believe that a successful destiny is predetermined by our natural abilities. Who is right? Two authors, David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell, take two different positions on this subject. The author of The Sports Gene, David Epstein, concludes that innate physical ability is an advantage over athletic practice. Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Outliers: The Story of Success, argues that preparation is…

In Gladwell’s Outliers, his main argument is all about how success has more to do with the opportunities that are given and taking advantage of them. He is constantly justifying throughout the book his belief that success is not always based on talent but the chances that the successful people were given. Also how things you can not control, for example how close you were born to a cut-off date, can make a major difference in your success later in life. “It is not the brightest who succeed… Nor…

Merriam-Webster defines success as the attainment of wealth. Society seems to agree behind this standard of success Most people believe success only pertains to money or has to be some grand achievement. However, wealth does not always equate to money. A student could finish a project two weeks prior to a deadline and deem that achievement a success. Success is an ideal measured by the individual. In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell provides a theory of two major…

Reading Gladwell (2005) book Blink, the writer discusses different scenarios regarding critical thinking. Critical thinking can be several different things, it could mean taking that time to understand the situation and go through the problem solving process to fully understand before making a decision. Additionally, it could mean having the experience and knowledge to understand a situation and how to handle it differently versus someone that is inexperience. Sometimes it is merely trusting…

Walter Murch’s “In the Blink of an Eye”, the book that changed my entire perception of cinema in one fell swoop. At first, I was simply a passive viewer,…

Blinks In the book Blink, Gladwell describes a phenomenon he refers to as “blinks”. These are instances where your unconscious takes in information and processes it, so you react to the situation without having to take the time to consciously think. Throughout his book Gladwell provides a variety of situations where these are helpful or harmful, however he does not touch on how this process occurs or how it relates to attention. While we still are not sure exactly how attention selection works,…

Emotional Attentional Blink and Emotion Induced Blindness When talking to a layman about an emotion induced blindness (EIB), one would try to explain it as not being able to see an item because of a distraction caused due to emotional effects. For example – when a driver might not be able to see a scooter coming from the front because of an accident that had happened in front of him as well. So this accident is the negative distractor to the target scooter which must be attended in order to…

In the Blink written by Malcolm Gladwell creates very fascinating terminologies to describe split-second processes that the human mind undergoes to make important decisions. One of the terms that he uses in a Blink is “Thin-slicing”. Malcolm Gladwell defines this term as “the ability of our consciousness to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience”(23). What this means is your brain is able to “subconsciously gathers the necessary information for…