"Blink"

Malcolm Gladwell is a compelling storyteller. I just wish sometimes that he had a little more to say about the stories he tells.

I highly recommend "Blink" because it is really entertaining and well-woven together. However, here's the lesson: Snap judgements are good if you're an expert on what you're snap judging. But the way he gets around to this is the part that's really worth digging into.

Also, he wrote the book because of his hair, which made people stereotype him. Funny, every once in a while while I was reading I thought about his hair, but I hadn't gotten to the acknowledgements yet! I was thinking it was lucky for him that the David Remnick was able to look past his Q-tip head and into his clever little brain. Now, having read that he is judged by his hair, I find myself wondering, well, you know it looks a little uneven and shaggy AND it makes cops stop you on the highway, why not cut it?

Malcolm, you talented little thing you, are you kind of an iconoclast under all that cleverness?