David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants
by
 
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.

Title
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants

Author
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.

ISBN
9781846145810
 
9781846145827

Personal Author
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.

Uniform Title
David and Goliath (Little, Brown and Company)

Physical Description
ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents
Goliath : "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?" -- The Advantages of Disadvantages (and the Disadvantages of Advantages). Vivek Ranadivé: "It was really random. I mean, my father had never played basketball before." ; Teresa DeBrito: "My largest class was twenty-nine kids. Oh, it was fun." ; Caroline Sacks: "If I'd gone to the University of Maryland, I'd still be in science. -- The Theory of Desirable Difficulty. David Boies: You wouldn't wish dyslexia on your child. Or would you? ; Emil "Jay" Freireich: "How Jay did it, I don't know." ; Wyatt Walker: "De rabbit is de slickest o' all de animals de Lawd ever made." -- The Limits of Power. Rosemary Lawlor: "I wasn't born that way. This was forced upon me." ; Wilma Derksen: "We have all done something dreadful in our lives, or have felt the urge to." ; André Trocmé: "We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews."

Abstract
"Why do underdogs succeed so much more than they should? How do they weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a ... journey to uncover the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject Term
Motivation (Psychology)
 
Struggle -- Psychological aspects.
 
Opportunity.
 
Success.
 
Decision making.


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