Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye

This isn't the time to Blink. It's time to THINK! -- before it's too late. Outraged by the downward spiral of American intellect and culture, Michael R. LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, Blink, which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no surprise that sharp, incisive reasoning has become a lost art in the daily life of Americans. Somewhere along the line, the Age of Reason morphed into the Age of Emotion; this systemic erosion is costing time, money, jobs, and lives in the twenty-first century, leading to less fulfillment and growing dysfunction. LeGault provides a bold, controversial, and objective analysis of the causes and solutions for: • the erosion of growth and market share at many established American companies, big and small, which appear to have less chance of achieving the dynamic expansion of the past •permissive parenting and low standards that have caused an academic crisis among our children -- body weights rise while grades plummet •America's growing political polarization, which is a result of our reluctance to think outside our comfort zone •faulty planning and failure to act on information at all levels that has led to preventable disasters, such as the Hurricane Katrina meltdown •a culture of image and instant gratification, fed by reality shows and computer games, that has rendered curiosity of the mind and spirit all but obsolete •stress, aversion to taking risks, and therapy that are replacing the traditional American "can do"mind-set. Far from perpetuating the stereotype of the complacent American, LeGault's no-holds-barred analysis asks more of us than any other societal overview: America can fulfill its greatest potential starting today, and we need smart teachers, smart health care workers, smart sales representatives, smart students, smart mechanics, and smart leaders to make it happen. Now is the time to THINK! -- because a mind truly is a terrible thing to waste.

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Title of ebook: Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
ISBN: 9781416524663
parent-ISBN: 9781416523789
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 08-2006
Released online for download: 08-01-2006
Author of eBook: Legault, Michael R.

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Think!

Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye

Chapter 1

Don't Blink, Think

The company, a medium-sized automotive supplier based in Ohio, was already spinning in the upper regions of a vortex heading directly down the tube. What the company did sounded simple enough. It took glass windshields, put a strip of rubber around the perimeter, and shipped them to major automotive manufacturers. An operator placed the glass into a machine, and the machine injected melted rubber around the edge, then quickly cooled it to make it stick. The problem was this: The glass was breaking. The scrap rate mounted -- 10 percent, 20 percent. Little bar graphs posted in the cafeteria illustrated the amount of money the company was losing each week. Employees blinked uncomprehendingly when the figure reached a million dollars. Was anyone doing anything?

The company was doing all it could, or at least it felt it was. It hired a young, dynamic, university-educated plant manager. Intuition their guide, the plant manager and his team of floor ... read full excerpt from: Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye ebook

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