Blink

So I'm taking an opportunity this Labor Day weekend to start the next book, "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (he previously wrote "The Tipping Point," one of my favorite books). Basically the gist of this book is that the human subconscious is very powerful, that we can figure a surprising amount of things out in a blink. Couple of tidbits:

- He talks about speed dating, of which someone knows within a few seconds whether or not they like someone. In those few seconds, there's no time to figure out if the person fits their "ideal mate" but it's enough for us to make a call. I think Karen's a great example of this, she's told many people she knew Jim was the one within a blink.

- It's funny, as I'm writing this, a song starts playing on the radio. Two notes in, a rush of emotions fill me and my brain immediately tells me it's Journey. It's not just the two notes, but the way the notes are played and the timbre of the notes that allows my subconscious to figure out that this song is by a group who's concert I went to on memorable date 3 years ago! Interesting sidenote, on our cruise, we played "name that tune" with a live pianist. I struggled mightily, probably because I needed all the other parts than just the notes to get the song!



Part two to follow...