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

prestigious art show on earth.
Dyslexics are outsiders as well. They
are forced to stand apart from everyone
else at school because they can’t do the
thing that school requires them to do. Is
it possible for that “outsiderness” to
give them some kind of advantage down
the line? To answer that question, it is
worth thinking about the kind of
personality that characterizes innovators
and entrepreneurs.
Psychologists measure personality
through what is called the Five Factor
Model, or “Big Five” inventory, which
assesses who we are across the
following dimensions.^5