Great thoughtful interview. Thanks David and thanks as always Lewis and team.

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

Grateful for you, Mike!

Choosing what to do at 18-late twenties is like trying to make choices for someone who doesn't exist.

This is such a great talk, I'm going to read his books for sure! I was always a generalist and now I truly feel I've reached the "dark horse" status. My previous school experiences, jobs and hobbies all seem to be random with nothing in common BUT they've lead me to where I am now. I love what I do and I've found success doing what I do, I'm fulfilled by it. There is absolutely NO WAY 15 year old me would've been able to envision what I do now as my career of choice. It's just not possible! I had to stack skills over an extended period of time to finally get the puzzle pieces to fit together. There was no linear pathway for me and I've gotten a lot of bad advice from very successful people who told me I needed a 5 year or 10 year plan to be successful. I find those plans to be extremely limiting because if you put your blinders on and just trailblaze ahead to the path you think you should take, you are denying yourself all the other opportunities around you that could actually take you somewhere that's a better fit for you. Thank you for having this guest on!!!

What a cool, cool, cool interview !! Thank´s guys for the realization of my life (also played in a volleyball national team, learned 4 languages, studied and live abroad, builded companies, aeroplanes and sattelites with the best of the best, etc. and stuggeling with myself doing so many things...without visible meaning) Lewis, your question: Why do we need to be the BEST at school, in USA? There is a lifechanging explanation for it, why we are running this unconscious autopilot and how we can recognize and heal it (crystalizing moment during our birth/incarnation, when we feel worthless and need to prove it for everybody in everything so that we hope to feel whole/great). So we recognize after all, that we ARE allready the BEST…

I'm SO intrigued by the generalist vs specialist debate. I've had a bunch of really successful folks on my podcast lately all self-describe as generalists, flying in the face of all the "niche down" philosophy. I have always viewed myself as a specialist, but lately I've been realizing that may not be true, and my weird and wild career path is the result of being pretty good at a bunch of things, but never the top of anything. Thanks for this!

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

Grateful for you, Brian!

Really enjoyed this. So much to think on after the interview is over. Thought provoking ideas which encourages me to do my own research on all that David Epstein and Lewis talked about. Wonderful! Personally, I don’t mind how long or short these programmes are, they are all so interesting.... Keep doing what you’re doing Lewis, it works for me.

I have enjoyed this interview immensely! My career has had a similar trajectory where I realised in my 30's that I absolutely did not want to become a specialist in a certain area cos I hate it! I love my current job, which is in a field of my educational background, but rather unique. I don't feel alone in my career journey anymore.

Wow. We learn who we are in practice not in theory!!! I need to watch this more than twice , so many hit points. Again thank you Lewis.

36:30 needed that reminder today. Glad I picked today to get caught up on the podcast

Great interview with some really interesting points on strategies for learning/refining skills....especially in children. Also, LOVED the Rookie of the Year reference with the cast, I lost it!

Dude, you're an underrated youtuber. Great interview!!

This is such an important conversation. Really wish I would have heard this earlier in life. Thanks for the great content!

I love this observation: People who have a very narrow specialty for their career, like an academic, sometimes (not all the time) have worse judgment about the world as they accumulate more and more credentials. This is because they can fit any story into this model of the world that they've developed.-David Epstein [Paraphrased]

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your feedback!

More time outside! That is amazing advice!!!!

I am reading Range right now, and I hope Epstein discusses executive function in the brain. That is a crucial factor as to why specializing early, and college at 18 doesn't work well.

I cannot believe this video doesn't have millions of views, thank you, you made a difference.

Good interview I can tell at certain parts when Lewis blanks out and starts wondering did he leave the oven on haha

Great channel, amazing guests you have.

Thank you Lewis for interview awesome post .

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

I love this interview! Like you're describing my life. Haha!

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Lisa!

There's much to learn in this video and lot to comment on. Probably, one of my favorite and will share it with my family. I just want to make one comment as I was raised out US. When it come to competition, I think American are a little bit chill and laid back than rest of the world especially, in school. I view my kids and their classmates as they grew. They were way different than me back in a days. American don't care much about being the best in a class, but rest of the world it's like a huge deal. Some of us didn't get enough sleep studying over night just to have 100% in all classes or at lease all classes. The only reason why other countries don't benefit from these efforts is because of the governments and world wide politics and that's include US as well.

Salsa story is a great one!

I like the long ones so just watch the content....

@lewishowes

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you!

Wow. Needed this @ 35.

Amazing podcast Eva srsa

@lewishowes

2 жыл бұрын

So happy you are enjoying the content. I would love for you to subscribe and leave me a review here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id596047499

I need a real mentor, Lewis Howes can you help please?

Need time stamps

Really helpful one please bring more such topics of self development and thanks again

What? Stay in good -. If it takes you a long time to get to good or management doesn’t allow you to grow from good. You will develop resentment or settle due to finance/environment situation you have placed yourself in due to fear or laziness.

Holy cow this guy just described my brain 🧠🛸🤔🦉🙏🏻🚀 I predicted the stock market before but no one would listen and I still feel bad that people lost a lot of money... 🤷‍♀️ and that’s not even my job. I predict things so well in general it’s uncanny and that’s why. Science especially. No one usually understands what I am saying and I have to just wait years for the science to catch up... I tend to see everything in science, because I am interested in everything.

@andratoma9834

2 жыл бұрын

How about stock market? Did you invest in the correct companies? I am looking for advice but I just cannot trust all those internet gurus that want thousands of dollars to tell me nothing…

@spiralsun1

2 жыл бұрын

@@andratoma9834 It’s all about the why. Otherwise it doesn’t work. When I see people finding meaning in things, it feels like love to me-even though they are experiencing it. I am pretty weird. Maybe you should ask someone else. Thanks and much love and luck to you. 🙏🏻❤️

Good job...generalist

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It's easy to be misinterpreted when people put you on a pedestal. Michaelangelo was an example of that. Thank you for this outstanding interview.

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*_Jusy my opinion but I enjoyed the short 3-5 min videos you've been doing the last few videos_*

Disappointing so far. I am half way thought and I thought I get some interesting insight on how to succeed as a generalist. All it has had been so far is only about kids in sports and that kids should try different stuff before they become a profession football player or similar.

Lewis please keep it around 45 minutes.

@brianmillerspeaks

5 жыл бұрын

Just stop listening after 45 minutes if you don't have more time! Or come back and finish later. Long form interviewing is such a beautiful art form, and often it takes the first 30-40 min to really get into a comfortable conversational flow.

@lachie.testro

5 жыл бұрын

Be grateful for what you are given!

When you do sports, you are basically doing nothing. Football, carrying a ball back and forth on a field. Soccer, same thing. Track, running in a line or a circle. Sports are all basically entertainment. Might as well be an actor, more people will watch you. If Americans put as much emphasis on science and engineering, as they do sports, we would once again be great.