Summary: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell: Key Takeaways, Summary & Analysis Included

Written by Brooks Bryant

Narrated by Arnold Denvers

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Short on time? Or maybe you’ve already read the book, but need a refresh on the most important takeaways. In a quick, easy listen, you can take the main principles from Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know!

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell is a number one New York Times bestseller that shows people how their tendencies to judge strangers based on the assumption of truth, facial expressions, and without context can be hazardous to decisions. It’s inevitable that people will try to make sense of those they don’t know; however, many of the strategies people use to do so gives us no valuable information. Accordingly, we must be aware of these potential errors in how we perceive strangers, people who impact the way we handle crucial situations in our lives.

Gladwell uses extensive examples—stories, studies, and characters—to show how people interact with strangers as well as the chaos that doing so can cause. From Bernie Madoff to Sylvia Plath, a wide range of important people are used in Talking to Strangers to illustrate how deeply the way we talk to those we don’t know impacts us. Further, the author expertly weaves these stories into his book, interconnecting them and crafting his ideas with ease for the reader. The book builds up to show how the arrest and subsequent suicide of Sandra Bland was caused by people’s inability to appropriately talk to strangers.

This audiobook encapsulates key takeaways found in the original book. We’ve also provided an in-depth analysis as well as removing any fluff to save you hours of your time. If you’ve read the original, then this audio summary will help you solidify the most important lessons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Henrae LLC
• Release date: Nov 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781094204253

Reviews for Summary

[Sajjad Akhtar · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The summary was not well read by the narrator. To communicate the gist of a book it is vital that the summary be written by competent and knowledgeable persons who have
1. A thorough command of the language in which it is written,and
2. A good understanding of the subject matter and message the author wants to give to the reader.

[fmw27 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I really hate to say this, but please *don't* use this summary by 'ninjareads' to learn about Malcom Gladwell's book 'Talking To Strangers' - read the actual book instead.

This summary is poorly narrated, with words mispronounced, and even the wrong words being used in place, as well as improper breaking of sentences in speech patterns, all of which result in a poor experience of an otherwise excellent book.

[Carlos Felipe Altuzarra · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I think that the 4 start come from people that are really not interested on the book utself!