TY - BOOK AU - Gladwell,Malcolm TI - David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants SN - 9780141978956 AV - BF503 .G53 2013eb U1 - 155.2/4 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Little, Brown and Company, PB - New York KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving KW - Motivation (Psychology) KW - Struggle KW - Psychological aspects KW - Opportunity KW - Success KW - Social Psychology KW - Psychology KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology KW - Popular Science KW - Management Decision Making KW - Popular Culture KW - Downloadable e-Books KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Goliath : "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?" -- pt 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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." -- pt. 3. 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." ER -