Thanks for the article and I enjoyed it with my strong morning coffee. Lots of wisdom and insight there. At some time or other, I believe, we are all Davids.

I’d add two aspects to the “David beating Goliath” theory.

One – “You can do a lot, if you don’t know you can’t”. This is the attitude and paradigm that governs all David organization.

Two – Gladwell related a little about this “real time” factor. Goliaths are good at preparation, Davids at spontaneous response. I kept thinking of what Earl the Pearl Washington, to me the greatest player ever, said when asked how he could do his magic – dribbling through each player, faking, dodging – then then layup. A reporter asked, “Do you know what you are doing, before you do it?”. Earl replied, “Hell no, if I know, then they know!”.

In some way, the best teachers are those that “make it up” in the classroom. Thre are spontaneously reactive to the vibrations of their student’s lives. Like a full court press.

Thanks Larry, I’ll have to read more of Gladwell!

David
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