UPS just dropped my next 3 books. All three from Malcolm Gladwell
August 1, 2009 at 11:52 pm | In Books, Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: Amazon, blink, change, decision making, genius, geniuses, Malcolm Gladwell, moral animal, Nonzero, Outliers, robert wright, the moral animal, The Tipping Point, tipping point, Wikinomics
Hi everyone!
I arrived home from a day trip to Hershey Park, PA and found the three books I ordrered by Amazon in the mail. The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers. All from Malcolm Gladwell. I’m really exited 
(I have been thinking of getting a Kindle, but the feeling I had today when I opened my mail is not going to be matched downloading an e-Book. I babysat them for over an hour and I WROTE A POST even before reading the intro. No e-Book reader for now.
Expect some posts permeated with this ideas in the near future. I have the gut feeling that It’s going to be as enlightening as reading one of my last triad of books. Nonzero, The Moral Animal (link to previous article) and Wikinomics.
Have you read any of Gladwell’s? What did you think? I’ve read that Blink’s underlying theories need a little polishing.
In the case you haven’t heard about this books, specially The Tipping Point, here’s a few words:
From Publishers Weekly
The premise of this facile piece of pop sociology has built-in appeal: little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or “tipping point” is reached, changing the world.
Also from Publishers Weekly but on Blink
As he displays again in this entertaining and illuminating look at how we make snap judgments—about people’s intentions, the authenticity of a work of art, even military strategy—he can parse for general readers the intricacies of fascinating but little-known fields like professional food tasting (why doesCoke taste different from Pepsi?)
Amazon’s review
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing
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As a psychologist it won’t be the research aspects of it that will be interesting to you. In fact, most of his academic thrust comes from intro-level sociology, psychology, etc. However, his ability to tie in interesting human interest stories and to bring all of the information together to make keen observations is what makes the books worth while.
I hope you enjoy your reading.
Comment by psychologyofsuccess — August 9, 2009 #
I´m almost finished with The Tipping Point. You nailed it. From the “raw theory” standpoint I haven´t been able to extract much juice. But as you said, the way he ties the knots is what makes the book different. Thanks for the tip
Comment by Fernando Tarnogol — August 10, 2009 #