Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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The book "Range" argues that success in any field requires developing broad interests and skills rather than early specialization and many hours of deliberate practice. It studies the world's most successful individuals and demonstrates why generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel in most complex and unpredictable fields. The book offers valuable insights into how we solve problems, learn, and succeed, and why failing a test is the best way to learn. It also emphasizes the importance of spreading knowledge across multiple domains and embracing diverse experiences and perspectives.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Fascinating . . . If you're a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you.
A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every page
- James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits, best-selling author of Clear.
The instant Sunday Times Top Ten and New York Times bestseller
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
A Financial Times Essential Reads
A powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize.
From the ‘10,000 hours rule to the power of Tiger parenting, we have been taught that success in any field requires early specialization and many hours of deliberate practice.
And, worse, that if you dabble or delay, you'll never catch up with those who got a head start.
This is completely wrong.
In this landmark book, David Epstein shows you that the way to succeed is by sampling widely, gaining a breadth of experiences, taking detours, experimenting relentlessly, juggling many interests – in other words, by developing range.
Studying the world's most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, and scientists, Epstein demonstrates why in most fields – especially those that are complex and unpredictable – generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel.
No matter what you do, where you are in life, whether you are a teacher, student, business analyst, parent, or job hunter, you will see the world differently after you've read Range.
You'll understand better how we solve problems, how we learn, and how we succeed.
You'll see why failing a test is the best way to learn and why frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers.
As experts silo themselves further while the world becomes more complex, Range offers a timely and essential guide to navigating our rapidly changing world.
Weight: 262g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509843527
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