David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 以小勝大: 弱者如何找到優勢, 反敗為勝? | 拾書所

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 以小勝大: 弱者如何找到優勢, 反敗為勝?

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Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.
 
Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won.
 
Or should he have?
 
In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwellchallenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.
 
Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms--all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity.
 
In the tradition of Gladwell's previous bestsellers--The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw--David and Goliath draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.


長踞《紐約時報》、亞馬遜網路書店暢銷書榜!
 
繼暢銷作品《引爆趨勢》、《決斷2秒間》、《異數》、《大開眼界》後,
傳奇作家葛拉威爾又一傑作!
 
【破解迷思X 顛覆傳統 X 提出新角度】
綜合科學、歷史和聖經的眾多線索,重新解讀強弱法則
顛覆傳統思維,看見弱者的力量!
 
優勢,可能是最大的陷阱
劣勢,可能蘊藏著機會和獨特利基
 
本書教你如何善用弱點,從困境中逆轉勝
更要告訴你--事實上,弱者打敗強者是常有的事!
 
當普通人遭遇「巨人」(強大對手、巨大不幸、災難、迫害)時,一個人應該如何做?是依循牌理出牌抑或依憑自己的直覺行事?應該百折不撓抑或棄械投降?應該反擊抑或寬恕?
 
葛拉威爾藉由本書的故事探討兩個觀念,第一個觀念是,我們認為珍貴的東西,有很多是來自這種力量懸殊的衝突對立,因為,這種力量懸殊的對抗行動中往往產生偉大與卓越。第二個觀念是,我們往往錯誤解讀這類對立局面,巨人並非如我們所想的那般巨不可摧,賦予他們力量與長處的那些特質,往往也正是他們弱點的源頭。因而,弱勢者往往能做出我們意想不到的改變:它能夠開啟門徑,創造機會,帶來教育和啟蒙,使原本似乎難以想像、毫無可能之事變成有可能做到。
 
如何應付巨人,最好的故事莫過於回顧三千年前,大衛與歌利亞的那場英勇之戰。葛拉威爾分析了許多種類和巨人對抗的戰役,並且得到一個重要的啟示:強者未必強如其表。
 
葛拉威爾在書中探討了:
● 為什麼「比人強的形勢,未必擁有優勢」?
● 為什麼要「勇敢離開大池塘,到小池塘裡當大魚」?
● 「阿拉伯的勞倫斯」如何帶領烏合之眾對抗強大的土耳其現代軍隊?
● 矽谷宅女籃球隊如何在全美青少年籃球賽中異軍突起?
● 寧為雞首,不為牛後
● 此路不通,就換條路走
● 因為更困難,所以會更用心
● 世界的進步仰賴不理性的人
● 黑人民權運動如何善用巧計轉勝出
● 法律可以站在弱勢者這邊
● 走投無路的第三選擇
● 困境為何有益?
● 以恩威並施取代絕對威權
● 正當的權力,是以法管人,以情理服人
● 以暴制暴之外的選擇
● 被逼到絕境,更能產生向前衝的力量
● 邪惡與不幸能造成的傷害有其極限
 
葛拉威爾讓我們看見強弱的非絕對性,以及如何破除迷思、另闢蹊徑,
就算身屬劣勢,也有可能有所突破,找到勝利的契機!
 
本中文書介出自《以小勝大: 弱者如何找到優勢, 反敗為勝? 》時報文化出版企業股份有限公司出版

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