i wonder aso we want to tell ourselves that, um, if we start early, and we put in our ten thousand hours, and we all know the ten thousand hours is complete. Ye. Not to say the practice is important. That's ririversal really important. Um, but the idea f that, you know, that if we jut it gives us a formulaus, rather than know, we should futce around wic hope unto different things. We should experiment. And who knows, maybe they'll come together at some point merely to give us a cross section of skills and abilities and interests and preferences,. thay'll allow us to end, later in life,
David Epstein (https://www.davidepstein.com/) is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene and his new blockbuster book, Range (https://amzn.to/2K449m6), which makes a powerful, science-backed argument about success. Contrary to those who say "find your thing as early as possible, then focus on becoming the best at it," it turns out those who succeed at the highest levels and stay there longest do not specialize early or become world-class experts in one narrow domain. They actually do the exact opposite. They stay generalists for as long as possible. Early specializers often rise fast, then burn out, leaving those playing a longer, more generalized game to eventually lap them, rise higher and stay successful longer. We dive into the eye-opening research, along with Epstein's remarkable personal journey in today's conversation.
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