David and Goliath is nothing more than a story in which the Davids of this world are confronted by Giants. And by giants I mean, armies, England National Teams, bullying school mates, terrible misfortunes. Everything you can imagine as terrifying!! And when confronted by these enormous opponents, should I play by the rules of the game? Should I give up, run away or face him? Should I submit to fate and see confrontation as a fatality in life? From the start, David already knew he was going to beat Goliath when he decided to face him. He was used to kill Lions and Bears that attacked his flock of sheep. Large animals. Nothing new to face this type of opponents. Then David faced Goliath, not following the so-called conventional rules of the time. Goliath was expecting man-to-man combat. And it was with this idea that when he saw David he thought that the Israelites were making fun of him. A shepherd, the lowest of professions at the time, fighting a noble warrior?! – “Am I perhaps a dog that you should come at me with a stick in your hand?” If David fought in this way, he would most likely die at the Goliath hands. King Saul had David wear the armour and helmet because he also thought the battle had to be a one-on-one battle. By the rules! David used his sling to knock Goliath down and then with him on the ground cut off his head. David used “his weapons”. On the other hand, Goliath was a giant. Have you ever seen a tall person moving? Look at the tall NBA players (the tallest of all). Tall people are not agile people. They are slow. And they are not the best players in the league. Their job is to rebound the ball. To block the shot. Not running after a small guy, dribbling the ball trough the pitch! They simply cannot! According to the Bible, Goliath was 3.5 meters long. A huge man who in turn needed help to move around. A slow guy like the NBA’s tallest guys! When he saw the stone heading towards him, he most likely thought – oh-oh! Game over! I’m f****!!! Being giant isn't really an advantage. And giants are not what we think they are. What we think is the strength of enormous superiority, is in did the cause of its weaknesses. In reality, we look at the giants as owners of great power and the Davids as fragile, small and weak. Impossible to beat a Giant! How we’re seeing things in the wrong way, just like King Saul did and everyone else who was in that day, in the Valley of Elah. Being David and facing enormous challenges that life gives us can lead us to opening doors that we would never have thought possible to open. Being David and facing enormous, overwhelming adversity produces greatness and beauty, as Malcolm Gladwell wrote. All upcoming episodes tell a story of people – rich or not, famous or unknown – who faced enormous adversity and were forced to face them. The next episodes will show that the powerful and strong are not always what they appear to be. I will continue what Malcolm Gladwell started 10 years ago and continue to prove to everyone that Goliath is not the giant he thought he was!