A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Three Doctors, 1993
When it comes to something like dating, we all readily admit to the importance of what happens in the first instant when two people meet. But we won't admit to the importance of what happens in the first two seconds when we talk about what happens when someone encounters a new idea, or when we interview someone for a job, or when a military general has to make a decision in the heat of battle.Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink
So - what happens when we act in response to what Gladwell calls "rapid cognition?" What happens to us when others do the same? Do we have a choice? Or does it just happen?
Should grooming matter to an entrepreneur? Must elevator pitches be airtight? What's in a name?
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