Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

According to Levitt, the study suggested that “admonitions such as ‘winners never quit and quitters never win,’ while well-meaning, may actually be extremely poor advice.”

according to Seth Godin, quitting takes a lot more guts than continuing to be carried along like debris on an ocean wave.

“Knowledge is a double-edged sword. It allows you to do some things, but it also makes you blind to other things that you could do.”

There is, to be sure, no comprehensive theory of creativity. But there is a well-documented tendency people have to consider only familiar uses for objects, an instinct known as functional fixedness.

So, about that one sentence of advice: Don’t feel behind.

Compare yourself to yourself yesterday, not to younger people who aren’t you.

Everyone progresses at a different rate, so don’t let anyone else make you feel behind.

Research has established pretty firmly that diverse groups of people are better at innovation and problem solving, but more recent research is finding that diverse career histories within a single person can also benefit performance.”