David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants /
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. He begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy (David and Goliath) those many years ago. From there, the book examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms, all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity--Publisher information.
9780316204361 0316204366 9780316251785 031625178X 9780316239851 0316239852
2013941807
Motivation (Psychology)
Struggle--Psychological aspects.
Opportunity.
Success.
Success.
Motivation (Psychology)
Opportunity.
Success.
Success.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Audiobooks.
Audiobooks.
BF503 / .G53 2013
155.2/4
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. He begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy (David and Goliath) those many years ago. From there, the book examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms, all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity--Publisher information.
9780316204361 0316204366 9780316251785 031625178X 9780316239851 0316239852
2013941807
Motivation (Psychology)
Struggle--Psychological aspects.
Opportunity.
Success.
Success.
Motivation (Psychology)
Opportunity.
Success.
Success.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Audiobooks.
Audiobooks.
BF503 / .G53 2013
155.2/4