Slow, challenging, and frustrating learning will benefit you more in the long run than fast, easy learning.ĭavid Epstein writes “Our work preferences and our life preferences do not stay the same, because we do not stay the same.” We are often asked where do you see yourself in five or ten years? If someone had asked you that five years ago, would your answer then match where you are at right now? For me, personally, that is a hard no.
The scientist who came in to work on Saturdays to experiment without supervision and got a Nobel prize at age 81. Van Gogh, who was an art dealer and assistant teacher before starting to paint. World renown violinists learning to play ten different instruments before choosing a favourite.
The Williams sisters, who practiced ballet and tossed footballs to develop a powerful serve. It requires critical, lateral thinking.ĭavid Epstein’s examples range from athletes, to musicians, to artists, to researchers. Most modern work – including the events and communications industry – involves the ability to see the context and the bigger picture and applying knowledge to ever-changing scenarios. This book shines a light on the importance of broad experience and lateral thinking, where you connect previous realisations – old knowledge – to new scenarios.
So many dots in the world are not connected because the lines are fixed into boxes. But often an outsider will bring the innovation. The commercial world is very adamant on the notion that hyperspecialized experts drive innovation and growth. Range of mind, range of sources, range of interests, range of vision and understanding. This book encourages you to take off your blinders and learn from others, experimentalise, get off the beaten path and gain range. If you, on the other hand, wish to be an expert of something complex, an unkind environment dependent on human behaviour, you will have to diversify and seek knowledge and experiences in many different fields. David Epstein argues that this is true if you want to be an expert in a very kind, unchanging field. It is a common saying that if you practice something for more than 10,000 hours you will become an expert at it. “Range – How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” is a book written by David Epstein, which was shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year in 2019.
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