--- added: 2022-05-07 publish: true started: 2022-05-07 read: 2022-06-24 rating: 4.5 status: read pages: undefined ddc: 155.24 owned: false urls: kindle: thumbnail: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41AVa8MGgEL.jpg --- up:: [[Books]] # David and Goliath ![thumbnail|150](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41AVa8MGgEL.jpg) - Type: #book/nonfiction - Author:: [[Malcolm Gladwell]] - Year published:: [[2019]] --- ## Summary/Reflection ## Notes - After 75000 USD of family income, there are diminishing returns on happiness. In fact, for [[Parenting]] more money is harmful. Children won't be forced to get the grit and ambition that growing up with not everything being provided brings. - What we see as an advantage often is one. Goliath was weighted down an immobile by his armour. Perfect to land the crucial shot at. - Invented U problem: money and resources make our lives better to a point. After that, they make it worse. - Desirable Disadvantages: many people with Dyslexia end up in jail, many also end up as CEOs. Overcoming that challenge makes you stronger. Not being able to read, forces you to listen. - Big pond, little fish.