Epstein and Gladwell discuss “Range” at MIT - David Epstein
Best-selling author and science writer David Epstein has made it his mission to uncover the keys to achieving high performance in any domain, and to debunk popular myths along the way. His top 10 New York Times best-seller, The Sports Gene, took readers inside the surprising science of extraordinary athletic performance. (It has been translated in 21 languages, and was read by both President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.) In his latest book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, he examines the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and Nobel laureates. Named as one of Wharton professor Adam Grant’s “New Leadership Books to Read in 2019,” and by the Washington Post as one of the “10 Leadership Books to Watch For,” Range has received rave reviews from the likes of Daniel Pink (“Range is an urgent and important book, an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.”) and Malcolm Gladwell (“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.”)
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Range by David Epstein was one of the most ironic books I've come across, but profoundly changed the way I view my career and the world. like a blind truth so obvious, but one we've been missing out
Excellent book, no doubt
Also consider those who come from behind due to hardship and thus, work twice as hard until one day they end up far surpassing everyone because they work harder, it didn't come easy, thus, they don't take it for granted.
How can I talk to people about this? I don't have any friends I can bounce ideas off of about this.
Amazing, influential people who have helped me tremendously. But David needs to listen more lol
@byjmitch
2 жыл бұрын
I think this was cut to just the points he was talking lol
1) Don't Gardner's Multiple Intelligences speak to this??? 2) Perfect Pitch has to be learned at an early age??? After a certain point the opportunity is lost???
"Tiger Woods.... who I think is maybe... the single greatest example of expertise development in the world ever." A sad statement. Not that Tiger Woods wasn't really really good at golf; but this statement of his demonstrates that Epstein has a very limited grasp on some of the great historical examples of human achievement. "ever" That's a big, broad word there.
@DTwoHS
4 жыл бұрын
Can you think of a single example in history who had *recorded* 10,000 hours of practice in their field? You're highlighting "ever" but the word "example" is the one that brings down your argument.
@AnHebrewChild
4 жыл бұрын
DTwo - sure. Baroque violinists (Rachel Podger, Helene Schmitt, Carmingola) concert pianists (eg Rubinstein, Nakamatsu) Physicists (Bohm, Bell, Schrodinger) Mathematicians (Bernoulli, Gauss, Euler...) Composers (Schmelzer, Handel, Bach, Beethoven...) Ballet (Baryshnikov, Vishneva...) Magicians (Blaine, Copperfield, Kriss Angel) Visual artists (Michaelangelo, Vermeer, Klimt) A good number of these were/are examples of persons with a relatively greater level of expertise in their respective crafts than Tiger Woods was in his)
@DTwoHS
4 жыл бұрын
danullb *popular examples* good luck asking 99/100th of the population who any of your *examples* are
@AnHebrewChild
4 жыл бұрын
DTwo ok, fair enough. Have a nice day.
@wernerstapela4616
4 жыл бұрын
@@DTwoHS How does "popularity" impact the fact of the development. Also, I would expect anyone beyond 9th grade to be familiar with at least half the names, otherwise WTF are they learning at school (+ in society)?