![]() ![]() Q: We don’t usually think of underdogs as having advantages against the powerful. ![]() His book, which he recently discussed, is full of stories illustrating the theme. The lesson, Gladwell explains, is that underdogs are forced to try new techniques and out-of-the-box strategies to overcome obstacles, whether a disability, a lack of money or other potential impediments. Though not a popular strategy with opposing coaches, it worked. The coach couldn’t understand why teams generally didn’t contest the inbounds pass, so his team relied on the unconventional strategy of the full-court press. ![]() Their coach, a native of India who had grown up on soccer and cricket, also knew little of basketball.Īs underdogs, the teammates reached the national championship. His most recent book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, was inspired by a 2009 story he wrote for The New Yorker - about a girls basketball team in California made up mostly of 12-year-olds who hadn’t played before. Readers are led spellbound through stories that develop into counterintuitive insights regarding modern life. His books create so much buzz that their titles - Outliers and The Tipping Point, for example - become catchphrases. ![]() DALLAS - During the past 14 years, Malcolm Gladwell has produced one best-seller after another. ![]()
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