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The Tipping Point

How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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The Tipping Point

By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
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In this brilliant and original audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explains the fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.

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Critic reviews

"A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him." (Michael Lewis)

"Hip and hopeful, The Tipping Point is like the idea it describes: concise, elegant but packed with social power. A book for anyone who cares about how society works and how we can make it better." (George Stephanopoulos)
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This book changed how I understand the world, a brilliant listen. Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended.

Amazing book

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Very interesting subject, well written and great narration but the author. Really worth listening to.

Fantastic

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Although now dated in parts, nonetheless fascinating insights into how little things matter in terms of creating change.

A stimulating read

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Marketing, sales or simply for life, this book is a good guide in the art of persuasion.

Good read with life lessons

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Tipping point is a good book with some good ideas but for the context part he relies heavily on outdated psychology of broken windows the Stanford prison and other experiments that have come under heavy criticism

Good book but some outdated views

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this is the tipping factor and it is very interesting actually thank you very much.

interesting on audible

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Loved this book about how social trends are powered. Written just before the internet really became ubiquitous so not sure if it needs to be revised in this light. Really well written and very compelling. Wanted to read more from him. Minor point, I have gathered that there are now other interpretations about Zimbardo's Prison guard work that question its reliability of its methodology.

Has this book aged well?

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Gladwell’s views and descriptions of societal epidemics draw you in and make you view the World through a very different lens. I am of average intelligence and needed to re-visit some of the content in order to appreciate and understand the points being made, but I did with interest and intrigue. I am sure I will also come back to this publication again and again.

So Good You’ll Want To Read It Again & Again

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Some interesting pieces of research explained but also many chapters dedicated to relatively boring (my personal opinion) ‘tipping points’. Had to struggle through these to finish the book

Lost me quite often

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I didn't think many of the propositions in this book stood up to scrutiny. one was the correlation between a news channels facial expressions and how those viewers voted. another was social experiments in the 60s/70s that are now debunked. Gladwell also referred to alot of examples that he used elsewhere. not his best work but I would still recommend him as an author.

disappointing

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