How David Beats Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
.. remember who made that rule: Goliath. And let’s remember why Goliath made that rule: when the world has to play on Goliath’s terms, Goliath wins.
via How David Beats Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
A really insightful commentary on the struggle between so called David's (un-established, under-resourced) and Goliaths (well-established, well-resourced) in War and in Sports. I actualy think the lessons are even better applied to businesses. I kept thinking about the old adage - "turn your weaknesses into your strength" - which you can do in one of two ways.
- Identify your weaknesses and drastically improve on them
- Change the necessary parts of your environment such that your weaknesses are no longer weaknesses but in fact strengths
The latter is really what they're talking about and often times the easier thing to do. I think that's why many times startups are successful against seeminly well-established players, they change the game.
