This is the book review of David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell.
Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength is the source of their weaknesses.
Power can come in many forms as well other than physical might such as in breaking rules, substituting speed and surprise for speed. But for many centuries not all of us have understood this and still made errors.
Goliath had a disease called acromegaly in which there is a problem of vision in addition to the overproduction of hormones.
"Come to me and i may give your flesh to the birds and the beasts of the field"="I need you to come to me so that i can locate you."
The powerful and strong are not always what they seem.
Some pretend to be rich but have nothing. Some pretend to be poor but have great wealth.
The art of war is about legs, not arms.
We think of things helpful when they actually aren't. We think some things unhelpful while they consequently leave us stronger and better in reality.
Sometimes, advantage is disadvantage, and disadvantage is advantage.
Sometimes, underdogs do not act like David.
George Washington devoted his energy to creating British-style army and was defeated again and again.
Underdog strategies are hard.
You have to be so bad that you don't have choice.
It was really random. I mean, my father had never played basketball before.
They say that it is hard to be a good parent if you are poor. But also it is not always correct to say that the more money you have, the better parent you will be. There is a certain limit when money makes parenting easier.
Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations. (He doesn't have it, does it, and he who has it, misuses it)
All positive experiences, traits have their costs that at high levels may outweigh their benefits.
It starts good, becomes neutral and ends up bad.
Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.
When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one, usually without noticing the substitution.
We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and underestimate the role of chances in events. Overconfidence is fed by the illusory certainty of hindsight.
A little fish in the big pond or a big fish in the little pond?
The smarter your peers are, the dumber you feel.
That the best students from mediocre schools are almost the best bet than good students from the very best schools.
Sometimes, difficulty is desirable.
"Capitalization learning": We get good at something by building on the strengths that we are naturally given.
"Compensation learning": We learn something out of necessity by confronting our limitations.
Big Five Model of Psychologists:
* Neuroticism (sensitive/nervous versus secure/confident)
* Extraversion (energetic/gregarious versus solitary/reserved)
* Openness (inventive/curious versus consistent/cautious)
* Conscientiousness (orderly/industrious versus easygoing/careless)
* Agreeableness (cooperative/empathetic versus self-interested/antagonistic)
It is, or it is not, according to the nature of men, an advantage to be orphaned at an early age.
Courage is not something that you already have. Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.
There are things that either build you up or put you down.
You have to realize that love doesn't always save people that you want to save.
The occasions in which difficulties, paradoxically, turn out to be desirable are opportunities.
If you are in the position of power, you didn't have to worry about how lawbreakers felt about what you are doing. You just have to be tough enough to make them think twice.
When people in authority want us to behave, it matters fist and foremost how they behave. This is called "the principle of legitimacy"
It is based on three things:
a) obeying people need to have a voice which can be heard
b) law should be predictable
c) the authority has to be fair
How you punish is as important as the act of punishing itself.
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