http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/10/12/book-review-blink-the-power-of-thinking-without-thinking-by-malcolm-gladwell/ A personal finance blog dedicated to achieving financial freedom for those drones slaving away in jobs they hate. Thu, 29 May 2008 18:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/10/12/book-review-blink-the-power-of-thinking-without-thinking-by-malcolm-gladwell/comment-page-1/#comment-224 kneukm03 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:11:56 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/10/12/book-review-blink-the-power-of-thinking-without-thinking-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-224 One other thing you might notice if you start paying attention is that most of your thoughts (the verbal, running monologue you've got going) are happening after the fact. If you stop yourself suddenly mid-monologue, you know how it was going to end - you're just slowing things down so you can consciously process it. The thought itself is happening virtually instantly, and a lot more is going on under the surface than we usually give credit for. One other thing you might notice if you start paying attention is that most of your thoughts (the verbal, running monologue you’ve got going) are happening after the fact. If you stop yourself suddenly mid-monologue, you know how it was going to end – you’re just slowing things down so you can consciously process it. The thought itself is happening virtually instantly, and a lot more is going on under the surface than we usually give credit for.

]]> http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/10/12/book-review-blink-the-power-of-thinking-without-thinking-by-malcolm-gladwell/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Tiffany Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:46:48 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/10/12/book-review-blink-the-power-of-thinking-without-thinking-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-220 I found this book to be really interesting. I had never thought about the way the mind works in that kind of way before I read this book. I really enjoyed it and wanted further research on the topic of "thinking without thinking." It was remarkable. I found this book to be really interesting. I had never thought about the way the mind works in that kind of way before I read this book. I really enjoyed it and wanted further research on the topic of “thinking without thinking.” It was remarkable.

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