Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

Eventual elites typically devote less time early on to deliberate practice in the activity in which they will eventually become experts.

increasing specialization has created a “system of parallel trenches” in the quest for innovation. Everyone is digging deeper into their own trench and rarely standing up to look in the next trench over, even though the solution to their problem happens to reside there.

Struggling to generate an answer on your own, even a wrong one, enhances subsequent learning.

“I did not intend to become a leader, I just learned by doing what was needed at the time.”

“A jack-of-all-trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”