Goliath, contrary to the stories, usually does win, it is just that we simply never hear about it. There is no drama, no unexpected outcome, no backstory of how little, under resourced David beat the giant who had all the advantages, and got away with the prize.

We use these stories in marketing all the time, because they work, and we know they work,  because they have been told to us as stories when we were kids, and we remember them.

They have meaning.

Go to a live event, with someone selling something from the stage, and you will always hear pretty much the same sequence: hardship, battling against the odds, a personalised stage of despair then  some insight that shows them the path, which made them hugely successful.

Now they want to help you walk the same path, they offer a picture of what it will be like at the end of the path, you just must be brave enough to take those steps, to grasp the opportunity they are offering, which they know works, because they are the living proof.

Trouble is, just buying the books and courses of someone who has been successful does not make you successful.

In fact, the reality is usually that the only success that someone flogging a book or course has had, is in selling you a book or a course.