Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from the depths of our mind. It is a product of long hours and intelligent design, of meaningful work environments and particular rules and principles. This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life. Just as he did with his revolutionary theory of the tipping point, Gladwell reveals how the power of blink' could fundamentally transform our relationships, the way we consume, create and communicate, how we run our businesses and even our societies.You'll never think about thinking in the same way again.

《决断2秒间》讲述在《引爆点》中，马尔科姆·格拉德韦尔为我们揭示了认知世界的过程，现在，他的另一力作《决断2秒间》，革命性地为我们展示了如何明了我们自身的内心世界。为什么有些人天生就是充满睿智的决策者，而其他人却错误频出?为什么有些人跟随直觉的指引便能抵达成功的胜境，而有些人却在艰难的泥沼中不能自拔?再有，为什么有些英明的决策常常是那些无法向人解释的决策呢? 《决断2秒间》是一本关于“不假思索”的著作，是一本让我们无需冥思苦想、在转瞬之间便作出决策的著作，不过，这个过程并不简单。在办公室，在教室，在厨房，在卧室，你的大脑到底是如何运转的呢?《决断2秒间》让我们见到了这样的心理学家——只需观察几分钟的时间，就能预测一对夫妇是否能白头偕老；我们还遇到了这样的网球教练—— 在网球与球拍接触之前，就能断定这次发球是不是双误……当然，《决断2秒间》也让我们看到了“灵光一闪”的恶果——它“造就”了美国历史上最糟糕的总统，它让“新可乐”成了商业史上最大的笑柄之一，它让一个无辜青年葬送在警察的枪口下……《决断2秒间》揭示出，最优秀的决策者并不是那些掌握最丰富信息资源的人，不是那些殚精竭虑、终日冥思苦想的人，他们到底是些什么样的人呢?

Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of ”thin slices” of behavior. The key is to rely on our ”adaptive unconscious”--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us ”mind blind,” focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to ”the Warren Harding Effect” (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the ”dark side of blink,” he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff