![]() ![]() I was interested in something like dyslexia, and this puzzling fact that so many successful entrepreneurs have been diagnosed with dyslexia, and clearly that is a disadvantage that can be an advantage. Why doesn’t that make him the favorite? The challenge is that the people who might appear to be underdogs or to be burdened with disadvantages actually aren’t.Ĭan you name some of the advantages of disadvantages that you cite in your book? David was smarter, quicker, had the advantage of surprise and had an alternate strategy. We automatically assume that the biggest and strongest person at any contest is always the favorite. ![]() He was simply someone rather who is using an alternate strategy and relying on his speed and his audacity, as opposed to size and strength, and I don’t know why we think that. I started with the original story of David and Goliath because I became convinced that our interpretation of it was wrong that it was a mistake to think of David as an underdog. What parts of the David and Goliath story weren’t told, and what can it teach us about overcoming adversity, building a successful career, and a more fulfilling life? ![]()
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