Instead, it is about understanding the circumstances and taking into account that the key to “the battle” can sometimes be not that obvious.ĭo not let fear of failure stop you from trying to reach your goal Are you facing a giant problem or impossible situation, thinking that the situation is overwhelming and beyond your capabilities to overcome it?
The lesson here is not simply that when a powerful competitor takes on a smaller one, the smaller one might nevertheless win. Very often it is the small, upstart underdogs, with their new solutions to old problems, that often beat the Goliaths. Malcolm Gladwell applies the same analogy to business, giving examples of an underdog companies and their competitors. It confirms that failure is a step of success. Malcolm Gladwell explores the possibility that people who are faced with a major disadvantage and find the determination and strength to fight against it, during the process acquire skills and experience that no formal education can teach. Some of his observations are about dyslexia, the loss of a parent, and poverty. He also points out that every difficult hardship in life teach us skills, produces resiliency and courage, that everyone else will wish they had.Įach chapter presents examples from the world of sports, culture, and business psychology where the perceived weakness, in a long run, turned out to be a strength. Malcolm challenges our assumptions of what is good or bad, what is the strength and advantage. The major theme of the book is that what may appear as disadvantages can turn out to be advantages and vice versa. He had a number of advantages that no one paid attention to. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “ David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants,” Malcolm Gladwell turns that biblical story around and shows that David was not an underdog at all. Malcolm Gladwell’s Bestseller “David and Gliath – Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants”īut for centuries, we may have understood this story wrong.
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