Episode 1529: Roger V Tiger, The Gameboy, And Having Too Much Grit – David Epstein On Range: Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World
“For reasons I cannot explain, David Epstein manages to make me thoroughly enjoy the experience of being told that everything I thought about something was wrong.” Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and The Tipping Point.
It’s real! …so I’ll probably be tweeting on it somewhat regularly starting in a few weeks for a bit. It was ~150% as much work as the sports gene and I’m proud of the effort. I’ll aim to be mostly interesting and only a little annoying, but feel free to tell me how I’m doing! pic.twitter.com/kpi1GSox2n
— David Epstein (@DavidEpstein) April 30, 2019
We talk to David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene, about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World which puts to bed the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours rule.
David examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, and scientists and found that for most, generalists, not specialists, are the ones who thrive. Quitters, loafers, lollygaggers, late bloomers – good news! You will one day be as successful as Roger Federer. That’s a Second Captains promise.
Plus there’s Ger Loughnane V David Epstein, tough love and hazing, summer sampling, a Gameboy review from Eoin, and why true grit will only reveal itself once you’ve found the right job/sport/industry for you.
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