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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Published: 1962 Narrated by: John C. Reilly I haven’t seen the film adaptation of this, but I came across the 50th anniversary edition of the book on Audible and decided to give it a try. My knowledge going in: mental ward and Jack Nicholson. Turns out, that is pretty much the gist of it. Loudmouthed Randle McMurphy is brought into the ward and shakes things up for patients and staff alike. Through the eyes of a half Native American psychiatric patient called ‘Chief’ Bromden, we watch as someone new is brought onto the ward – Randle McMurphy. He’s a rebellious gambler…
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Blink
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Published: 2005 The basic premise of this book is that we should pay more attention to our initial gut reaction when making decisions, as having more information can often lead to making worse decisions, except if you haven’t spent enough time honing the particular skill and knowledge set you’re basing the decision on, because then it could lead to shooting an innocent dude 41 times. So…be careful with that. I liked this book a lot. It’s not really going to change how you make decisions, but it does provide chapter after chapter of interesting anecdotes showing both the positive and negative aspects of ‘thin slicing’ –…