January 16. Malcolm Gladwell. In 2013, Malcom published David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Throughout the first year of research on this book, he collected examples of people’s disadvantages turning into advantages.  For example, many American presidents and British prime ministers had lost a parent in childhood. A young shepherd boy beat the giant Goliath.  Malcolm spent time in […]