{"id":287,"date":"2017-02-06T05:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T05:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/?p=287"},"modified":"2017-02-15T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T08:21:43","slug":"david-and-goliath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/david-and-goliath\/","title":{"rendered":"David and Goliath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-293 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/davidandgoliath4-210x300.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/davidandgoliath4-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/davidandgoliath4.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>David and Goliath employs individual case studies and comparison to provide a wide range of examples where perceived major disadvantages in fact turn out to be the keys to the underdog Davids&#8217; triumph against Goliath-like opponents or situations. In one arc, Gladwell cites various seeming afflictions that may in fact have significantly contributed to success, linking dyslexia with the high-flying career of lawyer David Boies, and the loss of a parent at an early age with the exceptional research work of oncologist Emil J. Freireich. These anecdotal lessons are anchored by references to research in the social sciences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David and Goliath employs individual case studies and comparison to provide a wide range of examples where perceived major disadvantages in fact turn out to be the keys to the underdog Davids&#8217; triumph against Goliath-like opponents or situations. In one arc, Gladwell cites various seeming afflictions that may in fact have significantly contributed to success, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asinet-online.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}