David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

ambition and they lose their pride and
they lose their sense of self-worth. It’s
difficult at both ends of the spectrum.
There’s some place in the middle which
probably works best of all.”
There are few things that inspire less
sympathy than a multimillionaire crying
the blues for his children, of course. The
man from Hollywood’s children will
never live in anything but the finest of
houses and sit anywhere but in first
class. But he wasn’t talking about
material comforts. He was a man who
had made a great name for himself. One
of his brothers had taken over the family
scrap-metal business and prospered.
Another of his brothers had become a