We often think that to become a success in today’s modern world, you have to specialize and specialize early. My guest today makes the case that, actually, the most creative, innovative, and successful people don’t specialize. They’re generalists. 

His name is David Epstein and he’s the author of the book "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World." We begin our conversation discussing two different paths to success as embodied by Tiger Woods and Roger Federer, and why we’re naturally drawn to the former's specialized approach even though the latter's generalized approach is in fact the most common way to success. David then explains why our increasingly complex and abstract world requires not only having a depth but a breadth of knowledge, and how our education system hinders us from gaining such. David and I discuss why you shouldn't expect to know exactly what you're going to do for your career when you're young, why you should dabble in lots of different activities when you're first starting out in life and even when you're older, and why there's a correlation between having hobbies and winning the Nobel Prize. We also dig into why intrinsic motivation is often mistaken for grit, why you shouldn't be afraid to sometimes quit things, and the importance of finding pursuits that fit you if you want to achieve success. We end our conversation, with David's argument that our increasing specialization is not only stifling individual flourishing, but also getting in the way of scientific advances that would benefit society.

Get the show notes at aom.is/range.

#512: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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The mission of "Travelcast" is to interview experts from across the travel, tourism and hospitality industry together for a regular dose of chat about the digital travel economy, technology. Unlike most podcast interview series I literally started from knowing nothing about the travel industry. I am just an average guy working in a 9-5 job that I utterly hate and passionate about travel since I spent my childhood time in history and geography books.

My objectives are to inspire, offer new perspectives in the travel industry.

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#512: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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