Chapter Two: The
Locked Door: The Secret Life of Snap Decisions
This chapter starts off talking about Vic Braden, who is one
of the world’s top tennis coach, and former tennis player. Vic is able to tell if the tennis player
(does not matter who it is, women or men) was going to double fault on their
serve, or not. He is able to make very
accurate predictions that were mostly all correct. “He thin-slices some part of
the service motion and –blink! -he just knows”.
I found this very interesting, since Vic had no idea how he was able to
do it, but he did it based on a snap judgement. “Snap judgments are, first of all, enormously quick: they
rely on the thinnest slices of experience. But they are also unconscious.” This quote, relates directly to the
theme of the book. People who make these rapid decisions need to go with there
“feeling”.
I liked how this chapter included different examples of
successful people, who are only successful because of this feeling or hunch
that they get. George Soros, who is an
investor and billionaire, would get back pain, as a way of telling him what to
do next. “George Soros is so good at what he does: he is someone who is aware
of the value of the products of his unconscious reasoning. But if you or I were
to invest our money with Soros, we’d feel nervous if the only reason he could
give for a decision was that his back hurt.” Basically, decisions are made on hunches, as
opposed to analyzing the facts. This
chapter relates back to the idea of “thin-slicing” with making a quick
judgment. Not all decisions are based on
facts and logical, but rather they are based on hunches and emotions that are
felt. Some of the most impactful decisions are simply based on a hunch.
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