USE WHAT YOU GOT
WISE WORDS FROM MALCOLM
GLADWELL’S 'DAVID AND GOLIATH'
W e all love a good underdog story. There’s a reason we’re still talking about the “Miracle on Ice” almost 40 years after the U.S. hockey team faced off against the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics. And of course, who could forget when a shepherd boy stood before a giant on the battlefield, and brought his enemy down with just a pebble and a sling? The story of David and Goliath is the greatest underdog triumphs of all time, but was David’s victory really so improbable? New York Times bestselling author, Malcolm Gladwell, asks us to challenge what we know about obstacles in his latest book, “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.” Right from the start, Gladwell asks readers why David is cast as the underdog. It is due to his age, size, and weapon compared to the large, armored, and more technologically advanced Goliath. However, while Goliath's great size and heavy armor may have helped him before, he also moves slower. So slow, in fact, he can’t avoid David’s small, well-aimed stone. Again and again, we see individuals with disadvantages, so-called underdogs, achieve greatness. Teenagers who struggle with dyslexia go on to become CEOs and lawyers, or children who lose a parent grow up to be brilliant scientists. Likewise, we can see those whose success should have been guaranteed, and
instead they crash and burn. Gladwell strategically pairs real-life stories of success and failure with psychological research, helping readers better understand why what we might first see as a disadvantage, can be a secret weapon for success. Chris Earley himself recently finished the book and he got a lot out of it. Through skillful storytelling technique, Gladwell weaves together history and psychology, encouraging us to rethink how we view own our personal struggles to, ultimately, come out on top. The best way to achieve greatness is by following Gladwell’s simple advice: Use what you got.
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