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David Y Goliat: Desvalidos, Inadaptados Y El Arte de Luchar Contra Gigantes / David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
3.82 AVERAGE
1.63k reviews for:
David Y Goliat: Desvalidos, Inadaptados Y El Arte de Luchar Contra Gigantes / David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
3.82 AVERAGE
Really wanted to give this one a 4 star rating, because I love how he analyzes the David and Goliath story and I like a few of the examples he presents. However, some of the other stories/examples seem to not be super related to the main topic. I would get confused on how the story related to the point he was trying to make. For that, I give it 3 stars
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Honestly, 'i normally like Malcolm Gladwell a lot, so i was pretty disappointed in this book. But for the life of me I can't figure out what the connection is between the stories in this book, nor what the overarching argument is to this nonsense. He veers wildly from California to Nazi France to Northern Ireland and sometimes he seems to be talking about small groups of people overwhelming larger or more powerful people, but other times he's just talking about whether or not criminals respond to harsher punishments, and I can't figure out what at least half the chapters in this book have to do with "David and Goliath" this book was incredibly frustrating to read, and not nearly as interesting as Gladwell's other works.
Malcolm Gladwell definitely has a niche. If you've read any of his books, it seems he uses a great formula which is to find a counter intuitive viewpoint that defies conventional wisdom, and then connects a series of fascinating stories and data to back up this viewpoint and convince the reader of it. I don't mean this in any way as a negative. Just that, you know what to expect if you read Gladwell, and although it is never a disappointment, as his writing style and engagement is incredible, some of his books may start to feel like deja vu.
David and Goliath has some similar themes, like his book Outliers. And in classic Gladwell style, the stories and themes are impossible to get out of your head, and the book becomes impossible to put down as Gladwell draws you in. I also love on Audible that Gladwell narrates his own books. He has such an engaging way of not only writing, but telling the story.
One thing I liked in this book was that he attempted at times to at least mention the flip side of the coin. It would be easy to come away from this book thinking that most david's beat their goliaths, and that the world would be better off if everyone had dyslexia, and had a parent die, and had been through a major war. But Gladwell is careful to convey that this is not his point. But that even people who have been through tough things and conquered their Goliaths would not wish those same trials on anyone else. And while the world wouldn't be better off if everyone were David, constantly battling insurmountable odds, the world does need a few of them.
And I think there are some lessons that each of us can learn from the book, and if nothing else at least gives readers a new way of looking at the world, and viewing things differently than maybe we did before we started the book.
Very uplifting and inspiring and thought provoking. 5 stars.
David and Goliath has some similar themes, like his book Outliers. And in classic Gladwell style, the stories and themes are impossible to get out of your head, and the book becomes impossible to put down as Gladwell draws you in. I also love on Audible that Gladwell narrates his own books. He has such an engaging way of not only writing, but telling the story.
One thing I liked in this book was that he attempted at times to at least mention the flip side of the coin. It would be easy to come away from this book thinking that most david's beat their goliaths, and that the world would be better off if everyone had dyslexia, and had a parent die, and had been through a major war. But Gladwell is careful to convey that this is not his point. But that even people who have been through tough things and conquered their Goliaths would not wish those same trials on anyone else. And while the world wouldn't be better off if everyone were David, constantly battling insurmountable odds, the world does need a few of them.
And I think there are some lessons that each of us can learn from the book, and if nothing else at least gives readers a new way of looking at the world, and viewing things differently than maybe we did before we started the book.
Very uplifting and inspiring and thought provoking. 5 stars.
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Can’t go wrong with a Malcom Gladwell book. And he narrates his own audiobooks
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Really this is a 3.5. I really enjoyed the first 2 parts of the book, the latter third was good but a little more tedious to get through.
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