![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Teresa DeBrito is the principal at a middle school whose students appear to suffer academically as class sizes grow small, which runs counter to the intuition that a smaller class allows a more intimate relationship with-and extra attention from-the teacher. Vivek Ranadivé, despite having no experience coaching or playing basketball, was able to institute an unorthodox approach-full court pressure, all the time-to his daughter’s team, eventually helping them reach the Nationals level of competition. Gladwell makes his argument using the stories of Vivek Ranadivé, Teresa DeBrito, and Caroline Sacks. Apparent strengths can be exploited and revealed as vulnerabilities. Part 1, “The Advantage of Disadvantages (and the Disadvantages of Advantages),” is an investigation of how the very things that appear to make an enemy strong-this can be a person, a corporation, a belief system, an army, etc.-may actually be weaknesses. ![]()
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