Synopsis
'A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every page' – James Clear, author of Atomic Habits
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller. As featured on Diary of a CEO.
The essential guide to improving your performance, and a powerful playbook for success in any field: develop range while everyone around you is rushing to specialize.
You may have been taught that success in any field requires early specialization, and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. If you only dabble or delay, you'll never catch up with those who got a head start. This is completely wrong.
In this landmark book, David Epstein shows you that the way to succeed is by sampling widely, gaining a breadth of experiences, taking detours, experimenting relentlessly and juggling many interests.
Studying the world's most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors and scientists, Epstein demonstrates how generalists often find their path relatively late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one.
Range has challenged the status quo, reshaped career paths, inspired parents and changed lives. Read it to learn how to be more creative, more agile, and more capable of making the connections that your more specialized peers cannot see.
‘If you're a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you' – Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
'I loved Range' – Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers
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22 August 2024
9781035053049Reviews
I think his ideas even help explain some of Microsoft’s success, because we hired people who had real breadth within their field and across domains. If you’re a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for youBill Gates
A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every pageJames Clear, New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits
A captivating read that will leave you questioning the next steps in your career — and the way you raise your childrenAdam Grant, author of Originals and Think Again
David Epstein manages to make me thoroughly enjoy the experience of being told that everything I thought about something was wrong. I loved RangeMalcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers
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