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intuition, first impressions
thin-slicing, removing extra information and focusing on key points
John Gottman predicts marriages with 95% accuracy by analyzing short videos
the most important criteria are: defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt
contempt is the worst, it's putting the other person on a lower plane
your unconscious can pick up tiny signals that conscious awareness misses
it's difficult to know why you pickup these first impressions
if you try to describe it, you actually become less accurate
this is partly because of the different areas of the brain that handle each aspect
thin-slicing can be bad, you judge by stereotypes and make the wrong assumptions
but you can correct this problem with experience and time
having all the information and logic isn't always best, intuition sometimes is better
in some cases, you can't make good decisions because there's too many choices
experts are better at explaining their intuition in words, this is from experience
focus groups and market research can be wrong, especially if it's a unique product
sometimes a groundbreaking idea is rejected at first because the public doesn't get it
facial expressions consist of both conscious and unconscious microexpressions
you can also affect your emotional state by holding a physical expression on your face
the optimal peak performance heartrate is 115-145 bpm
above that, your body starts shutting down too much, you make poor decisions
some people can't even dial 911 when their stress level is too high
you need experience with high stress, and time to evaluate things
otherwise your instincts may be wrong, and you may judge by stereotypes
there were more women in orchestras after they started blind auditions
what you see can strongly affect your evaluation of a person
but you can improve things in general by being aware of first impressions |
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