Introduction - i: Roger vs. Tiger Chapter - 1: The Cult of the Head Start Chapter - 2: How the Wicked World Was Made Chapter - 3: When Less of the Same Is More Chapter - 4: Learning, Fast and Slow Chapter - 5: Thinking Outside Experience Chapter - 6: Finding Your Match Chapter - 7: Flirting with Your Possible Selves Chapter - 8: The Outsider Advantage Chapter - 9: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology Chapter - 10: Fooled by Experience Chapter - 11: Learning to Drop Your Familiar Tools Chapter - 12: Deliberate Amateurs Section - ii: Conclusion: Expanding Your Range Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements Section - iv: Notes Index - v: Index
Range is the groundbreaking and exhilarating exploration into how to be successful in the twenty-first century. Through fascinating stories and vividly explained research, David Epstein demonstrates why, as the world has got increasingly complex, developing range can help us excel.
David Epstein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Sports Gene and Range. He has master's degrees in environmental science and journalism and has worked as an investigative reporter for ProPublica and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He lives in Washington, D.C.
David Epstein manages to make me thoroughly enjoy the experience of
being told that everything I thought about something was wrong.
I loved Range -- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers
Fabulous . . . If you are interested in champions' journeys,
this is for you -- Judy Murray on Twitter
It's a joy to spend hours in the company of a writer as gifted
as David Epstein. And the joy is all the greater when that
writer shares so much crucial and revelatory information about
performance, success, and education -- Susan Cain, author of
Quiet
An urgent and important book, an essential read for bosses,
parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell is Human
A captivating read that will leave you questioning the next
steps in your career-and the way you raise your children -- Adam
Grant, author of Originals and co-author of Option B
Extraordinary * Guardian *
A goldmine of surprising insights. Makes you smarter with every
page -- James Clear, New York Times bestselling author of
Atomic Habits
Brilliant, timely, and utterly impossible to put down. If
you care about improving skill, innovation, and performance, you
need to read this book -- Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent
Code
I want to give Range to . . . everyone who wants humans to thrive
in an age of robots. Range is full of surprises and hope, a
21st century survival guide -- Amanda Ripley, author of The
Smartest Kids in the World.
The storytelling is so dramatic, the wielding of data so deft and
the lessons so strikingly framed ...[it's] a pleasure to read . . .
Range offers such a wealth of thought-provoking material *
New York Times Books Review *
Range elevates Epstein to one of the very best science
writers at work today. The scope of the book-and the
implications-are breathtaking -- Sebastian Junger, filmmaker and
author of The Perfect Storm
One of the most thought-provoking and enlightening books I've read
-- Maria Konnikova, poker player and author of The Confidence
Game
A fresh, brisk look at creativity, learning, and the meaning of
achievement * Kirkus Reviews *
An assiduously researched and accessible argument for being a jack
of all trades -- O Magazine, Best Nonfiction Books Coming in
2019
Range is a convincing, engaging survey of research and
anecdotes that confirm a thoughtful, collaborative world is also a
better and more innovative one -- NPR.org
As David Epstein shows us, cultivating range prepares us for the
wickedly unanticipated . . . a well-supported and smoothly written
case on behalf of breadth and late starts * Wall Street Journal
*
A clear and unfussy writer . . . this book is likely to resonate
strongly with most teachers -- tes.com
Anyone contemplating a change of career late in life will find
Range immensely reassuring. If you calculate that you don't
have 10,000 hours left in which you can reasonably practice, you
can use your range to connect ideas and use your varied experience.
* Daniel Finkelstein, The Times *
Masterful. Perfect holiday reading -- Dr Adam Rutherford
In this fascinating book, David Epstein argues that although the
world seems to demand more and more specialization - in your
career, for example - what we actually need is more people 'who
start broad and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives while
they progress'. His examples run from Roger Federer to Charles
Darwin to Cold War-era experts on Soviet affairs. 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 you. -- Bill Gates
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