This week’s New Yorker offers a fantastic article from Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, on how underdogs can win.

Once again, Gladwell shows that success does not have to come only to those who are advantaged or naturally talented – but can be achieved by adopting a different approach, and more importantly having the will to take on the more difficult option, and put in much more effort.