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

Most of the learning that we do is
capitalization learning. It is easy and
obvious. If you have a beautiful voice
and perfect pitch, it doesn’t take much to
get you to join a choir. “Compensation
learning,” on the other hand, is really
hard. Memorizing what your mother says
while she reads to you and then
reproducing the words later in such a
way that it sounds convincing to all
those around you requires that you
confront your limitations. It requires that
you overcome your insecurity and
humiliation. It requires that you focus
hard enough to memorize the words, and
then have the panache to put on a
successful performance. Most people