The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Reviews (42)
A great read for anyone in large scale marketing.
Written by Ray Sikorski from Tampa, FL on November 10th, 2008
- Book Rating: 4/5
A very good look at the inner workings of trends, fads and phenomena, and the types of people it takes for them to develop. A great read for anyone in large scale marketing. But Gladwell doesn't take it as far as I had hoped, and it ends feeling a bit light. I stopped, went back, and took some notes in a few spots. But it's such an interesting subject, I was hoping for more.
Good as far as it goes
Written by Listener from Thousand Oaks, CA on September 18th, 2008
- Book Rating: 3/5
I judge a book's worth by how much I quote it. Therefore, 3/5. Author provide's an interesting perspective. But thesis can be hard to apply, so usefulness of the new perspective for me is a little limited. It's one thing to recognize the existence of tipping points, but a long leap to being able to facilitate them. I'd like this book to have been "chapter one". Where's the rest?
Very Dissapointing
Written by Anonymous on August 20th, 2008
- Book Rating: 0/5
I actually got a chance to listen to the unabridged version and after nearly falling asleep during the 1st CD and fast forwarding through most of the 2nd and 3rd, I wish I would have grabbed the unabridged version. Nothing in the book seemed especially enlightening or insightful. Gladwell just takes situations and types of people that we are already familiar with and gives them clever names and then provides 3 exhaustive examples. If you were ever to just sit down and critically think about these situations, common sense would get you to exactly where he gets you. If you want to think about society and its trends in a way that is actually interesting and unique, yes, read Freakonomics, that is a great book that helps the reader see things in a way s/he wouldn't think to look at them. This book just says: You know how you have that friend that seems to know everybody? Well, he does and if you tell him something he'll tell a lot of different people. (Shocking!)
Tip on Tipping
Written by Anonymous on July 19th, 2008
- Book Rating: 2/5
This book was good. It lasted through a long drive. However, Freakonomics did this topic much better.
What's all tthe hype about?
Written by Anonymous from Wilmington, DE on March 25th, 2008
- Book Rating: 3/5
I kept hearing how great this book was. I listened, and kept waiting and waiting for it to be something great. It was just okay.
Interesting
Written by Anonymous from Front Royal, VA on March 12th, 2008
- Book Rating: 4/5
I wish I listened to the unabridged version. It does seem as though it was missing something. Very interesting once you get into it and past the author's monotone reading of his book. I think he missed his calling as a hypnotist.
Not As Good As "Blink"
Written by Anonymous on January 8th, 2008
- Book Rating: 3/5
This is not as good as the other available Malcolm Gladwell book . I think it contains too few ideas reported to the number of pages/CDs to fill. Anyway, it's quite entertaining to listen it.
The Tipping Point
Written by Anonymous from Arlington, MA on December 19th, 2007
- Book Rating: 2/5
Book had excellent points. but the narration was so boring and monotonous that I couldn't focus my attention on them.
Great read!
Written by Angela Brown from Madison, AL on September 26th, 2007
- Book Rating: 4/5
I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It was informative, and engaging. I have been a fan of the author's writing in his New Yorker Articles. it was well researched and greatly detailed. I highly recommend it.
Read the Unabridged Book too!
Written by Lauralie on September 11th, 2007
- Book Rating: 4/5
This is a fantastic book. I strongly recommend investing extra time to read or listen to the full version. The Tipping Point is not telling you how to do something, it's merely telling you historically, and statistically, how a tipping point is reached. Best Wishes to all!