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Blink: the power of thinking without thinking
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, is a book about decision making. More specifically, it is about snap judgments — the decisions we make in the blink of an eye, without thinking. What Gladwell shows is that there is a lot more to that split second of decision making than we might think. Gladwell explores the concept…
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Good to Great
Today I finished Good to Great by Jim Collins, a book that examines how good companies have become great and why others have failed. The book is based on findings from a research project that took 5 years to complete — and the findings are simply fascinating!
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Meeting Charlaine Harris
Last week I got a chance to meet one of my favorite authors, Charlaine Harris — who writes the popular Sookie Stackhouse books (aka TrueBlood series on HBO). I went with my friend Lisa and after climbing up on bookshelves at Borders to see Charlaine talk (since the place was packed with people) and after…