This new notion of adaptive unconsciousness is thought of instead, as a kind of giant computer that quickly and quietly processes a lot of the data we need in order to keep functioning as human beings.The power of adaptive unconsciousness, high-level sophisticated thinking to the unconsciousness.

ADAPTIVE UNCONSCIOUSNESS

We live in a world that assumes that the quality of a decision is directly related to the time and effort that went into making it.

TIME and QUALITY

... decisions made very quickly can very bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.

The 1st task of BLINK

Our unconscious is a powerful force, but it is fallible...it can be thrown off, distracted, and disabled.

Reminder

So, when should we trust our instinct, and when should we be wary of them?

The 2nd task of BLINK

<ul><li>Our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled.</li><li>Our snap judgments can be made in a snap because they are frugal, and id we want to protect our snap judgments, we have to take steps to protect that frugality.</li></ul>

SNAP

The power of knowing, in that first two seconds, is not a gift given magically to a fortunate few. It is an ability that we can all cultivate for ourselves.

The power of KNOWING

... there can be value in a blink of an eye

"Thin-slicing refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience."<ul><li>but thin-slicing has to be done in context</li></ul>

THIN-SLICING

<ul><li>defensiveness</li><li>stonewalling</li><li>criticism</li><li>contempt</li></ul>Contempt is closely related to disgust, and what disgust and contempt are about is completely rejecting and excluding from the community.

The FOUR Horsemen

WOMEN ARE MORE CRITICAL AND MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO STONEWALL.

Women and Men

<ol><li>Extraversion</li><li>Agreeableness</li><li>Emotional Stability</li><li>Conscientiousness</li><li>Openness to experience</li></ol>*for more detailed information about this, go to page 34 of the book BLINK

BIG FIVE THEORY

We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that - sometimes - we're better off that way.

Know without Knowing

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have ab explanation for.

Human Storytelling

We learn by example and by  direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instructions.

Notes:

The IAT was devised by Anthony G. Greenwald, Mahzarian Banaji, and Brian Nosek, and it is based on a seemingly obvious but nonetheless quite profound observation.

Implicit Association Test

<ul><li>... just because something is outside of awareness doesn't mean it's outside of our control...</li><li>... truly successful decision-making relies on the balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.</li><li>... in a good decision-making frugality matters.</li><li>for the most important decisions, there is no certainty</li></ul>

The product is the package and the product combined.

Product

"What once was ugly has become beautiful.

"AERON" office chair

<ul><li>All of us gravitate towards things that mean something to us, for most of us, that's people. But if people don't anchor meaning for you, then you seek something that does."</li><li>Our mind, faced with life-threatening situations, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with.</li><li>Arousal leaves us mind-blind.</li></ul>

Something to Remember

... the only true way to listen is with your ears and your heart.

The last idea

This book is very complex for me. It is different. I highly recommend for you to read the whole book. There are so much stories and information served into bits for easier comprehension. You never know what you'll learn from BLINK.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, the landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making. In his breakthrough bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant--in the blink of an eye--that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work--in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"--filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

Blink

Cue, Craving, Response, Reward- Readers with psychology background may recognize these terms from:<ul><li>"Stimulus, Response, Reward" - B.F Skinner 1930s</li><li>"Cue, Routine, Reward" - Charles Duhigg</li></ul>

Four-Step Model Of Habits

<ul><li>Success is the product of daily habits- not once-in-a-lifetime transformation</li><li>Success is not a goal to reach or to the finish line to cross. It is a system to improve an endless process to refine.</li></ul>

Success

Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it

Time

That's how knowledge works, it builds up compound interest

Warren BUFFETT

Riots, protests, and movements are rarely the results of a single event. Instead, a long series of microaggressions and daily aggravations, slowly multiply until one events tips the scale, and outrage spreads like wold fire.

Outrage Compound

<ul><li>the most powerful outcomes are delayed</li><li>all big things come from small beginnings</li><li>the seed of every habit is a single tiny decision</li></ul>

Things I want to Remember

<ul><li>GOALS are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.</li><li>Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves</li></ul>FORGET ABOUT THE GOALS, FOCUS ON THE SYSTEMS INSTEADcommit to the PROCESS, determine your SUCCESS.

GOALS VS. SYSTEMS

It makes no sense to restrict your satisfaction to one scenario when there is so many paths to success

The Path to Success

Changing our habits is challenging for two reasons;<ol><li>we try to change the wrong thing;</li><li>we try to change our habits the wrong way.</li></ol>

CHANGING HABITS

<ul><li>You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven't changed who you are.</li><li>IMPROVEMENTS are only temporary until they become part of who you are.</li><li>The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.</li></ul>

Who YOU are...

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate

<ul><li>Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.</li><li>Bad Habits are autocatalytic; the process feeds itself.</li></ul>

Notes: Part 1

A genius is not BORN, but is EDUCATED and TRAINED

<ul><li>Desire is the difference between where you are now and where you want to be in the future.</li><li>It is the emotion that allows you to mark things as good, bad, or, indifferent.</li></ul>

Desire and Emotion

walk slowly, but never backwords

The BEST is the enemy of the GOOD.

refers to the strengthening of connections between neurons in the brain based on patterns of activity.

LONG-TERM POTENTTIATION

is the ability to perform a behavior without thinking about each step which occurs when the nonconscious mind takes over.

AUTOMACITY

Redesign your life so the actions that matter most also the actions that are easiest to do.

When you start a new habit it should take less than two minutes.A task that can be finished in under two minutes should be done first

2 MINUTE RULE

<ul><li>Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard.</li><li>Technology creates a level of convenience that enables you to act on the smallest whims and desires.</li><li>The world has changed so much in recent years, but human nature has changed a little.</li></ul>

NOTES: Part 2

The last mile is always the least crowded.

<ul><li>Never break the chain.</li><li>Never miss twice -  This is talking about missing to do a habit.</li><li>The first mistake is never the one that ruins you.</li></ul>

REMINDER:

PAIN is an effective teacher.

<ul><li>Genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.</li><li>If you can't win by being better, win by being different.</li><li>Our genes do not eliminate the need for hard work. They clarify it. They tell us what to work hard on.</li><li>It's more productive to focus on wether you are fulfilling your own potential than comparing yourself to someone else.</li></ul>

GENES

Genes can predispose, but they can never predetermine.

The Goldilocks Rule is that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right at the edge of their current ability. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.

GOLDILOCKS RULE

<ul><li>And boredom is perhaps the greatest villain on the quest for self-improvement.</li><li>The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom.</li><li>You have to fall in love with boredom.</li></ul>

BOREDOM

Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for a change as much as those who are doing badly.

Sustaining an effort is the most important for ant any enterprise. The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, the do them the same way every time.

<ul><li>The tighter we cling to an identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.</li><li>The lack of self-awareness is poison.</li><li>Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure, but about the lack of desire.</li><li>Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.</li></ul>

Notes: Part 3

"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope"

These are all the things that I learned and things that resonated with me. I hope that the book helped you as much as it helped me. Enjoy reading <3

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 3 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: • make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); • overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; • design your environment to make success easier; • get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

Bite-sized knowledge
to upgrade
your career

kay espina
@kayespina

Blink

Atomic Habits

Bite-sized knowledgeto upgradeyour career

kay espina@kayespina

Blink

Atomic Habits

Bite-sized knowledge
to upgrade
your career

kay espina
@kayespina