I recently finished Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Interesting. In a. Well. In a not very defined way.

Often when I read books like that I’m thinking: how can I make use of this. And, with Blink, I’m not that sure. I mean basically it seems to me the book is saying, “If you’re an expert trust your opinion because, when you over analyze, you can talk yourself out of the right answer.” It also extends what expert means. Sure, there are art experts and tennis experts in the book. But there’s also what most of us are expert at: quickly sizing up situations and people and making conclusions about them based on things. We do it all the time: suit, morning commute: they work in the financial district. I scan bookshelves and make conclusions based on what I see there. But I don’t think of myself as an expert in these things.

So, great, now I can trust that funny feeling in my gut a little more but how does it make my worklife different? I have no idea.