Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

BATB score: 7.6/10 🧐

well-researched, well-written, thoroughly analysed groundwork on how being a generalist makes you see the bigger picture and allows you to creatively strategise more than specialists; a very nerdy book #nerdalert

Best to: serious documentation and experiments on how generalist rules, scrutinising the common belief that favors specialisation; yet redundant with the last few chapters quite wishy washy 💦

Best for: a lot of tech / business key opinion leaders would be referencing this book when questioned "so what is key to your success?" ANS: "You have to carry a big basket to bring something home. AKA. A mind kept wide open will take something from every new experiences." 🙋‍♀️

Best as: "too many [musically] lessons at a young age may not be helpful [specialisation]; however, the distribution of effort across different instruments seems important [to be an exceptional child the book recommends min. 3 instruments - generalisation]"

Best quote: “Everyone progresses at a different rate, so don’t let anyone else makes you feel behind. You probably don’t even know where exactly you’re going, so feeling behind doesn’t help.”

"It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment."

"winners - quit fast and quit often when they detect that a plan is not the best fit, and do not feel bad about quitting."

"A person don't know what he can do unless he tries. Trying things is the answer to find your talent."

"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."