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  • Are you an UNDERDOG and pitted against a FANCIED OPPONENT?Put yourself in David’s SHOES..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    David fought Goliath not with inferior but (on the contrary) with superior weaponry; and his greatness consisted not in his being willing to go out into battle against someone far stronger than he was. But in his knowing how to exploit a weapon by which a feeble person could seize the advantage and become stronger.”

  • Are you a STUDENT and TROUBLED by COMPETITION in an ELITE INSTITUTION?This is your TIP to be a BIG FISH..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    The phenomenon of relative deprivation applied to education is called—appropriately enough—the “Big Fish–Little Pond Effect.” The more elite an educational institution is, the worse students feel about their own academic abilities.”

  • Do you OFTEN get CRITICISED for being UNREASONABLE?This is the INSPIRATION you are LOOKING for..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

  • Are you an UNDERDOG and faced with a MIGHTY OPPONENT?This will truly INSPIRE you..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink

    David fought Goliath not with inferior but (on the contrary) with superior weaponry; and his greatness consisted not in his being willing to go out into battle against someone far stronger than he was. But in his knowing how to exploit a weapon by which a feeble person could seize the advantage and become stronger.”

  • David’s triumph over Goliath has a lot to teach us, read this to know more..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    David fought Goliath not with inferior but (on the contrary) with superior weaponry; and his greatness consisted not in his being willing to go out into battle against someone far stronger than he was. But in his knowing how to exploit a weapon by which a feeble person could seize the advantage and become stronger.”

  • Ever heard about the most amazing “Big Fish–Little Pond Effect”?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    The phenomenon of relative deprivation applied to education is called—appropriately enough—the “Big Fish–Little Pond Effect.” The more elite an educational institution is, the worse students feel about their own academic abilities.”

  • Innovators need to be DISAGREEABLE..Do you agree?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    Innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don’t mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the Big Five personality inventory, “agreeableness,” they tend to be on the far end of the continuum. They are people willing to take social risks—to do things that others might disapprove of.”

  • Progress and Unreasonability are related – This is how

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

  • Ever wondered why UNDERDOGS prevail? This explains..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    There is a set of advantages that have to do with material resources, and there is a set that have to do with the absence of material resources- and the reason underdogs win as often as they do is that the latter is sometimes every bit the equal of the former.”

  • This is why EMPATHY improves decision making..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.”