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David Epstein

PsychologyProductivity & HabitsBusiness & Strategy
Publish date
2019
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Description
David Epstein's Range investigates the development of skill and expertise across disciplines such as athletics, science, music, and business. The book contends that early specialization is frequently overvalued, arguing instead that diverse experiences, delayed focus, and cross-disciplinary thinking foster superior adaptability and creative problem-solving. Through various historical and modern case studies, it examines how broad exploration succeeds in complex, unpredictable environments. The text is suited for educators, organizational leaders, parents, and professionals interested in learning science, career trajectories, and talent development.
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  1. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

    Philip E. Tetlock

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    Explores how integrative, multidisciplinary thinkers (foxes) consistently outperform narrow specialists (hedgehogs).

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  2. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    Angela Duckworth

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    Addressed regarding persistence, contrasting rigid grit with the benefits of switching to achieve match quality.

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  3. Educating Intuition

    Robin M. Hogarth

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    Introduces the distinction between kind and wicked learning environments crucial to Epstein's central thesis.

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  4. Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell

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    Popularized the 10,000-hour rule, which Epstein challenges by highlighting the benefits of late specialization.

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  5. Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

    Herminia Ibarra

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    Informs Epstein's discussion of career exploration and discovering professional fit through action rather than introspection.

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  6. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

    Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

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    Provides the deliberate practice framework that Epstein critiques as limited to kind learning environments.

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  7. Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought

    Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard

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    Examines analogical thinking and how transferring concepts between disparate fields generates novel solutions.

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  8. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

    Gary Klein

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    Referenced regarding naturalistic decision-making in high-stakes environments like firefighting and emergency medicine.

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  9. Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

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    Discussed regarding cognitive biases, heuristics, and the limits of intuitive expertise across unpredictable domains.

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  10. Sensemaking in Organizations

    Karl E. Weick

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    Illustrates the psychological danger of clinging to familiar tools during novel, disorienting crises.

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  11. Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century

    James R. Flynn

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    Used to explain the Flynn effect and the modern need for abstract, conceptual reasoning skills.

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  12. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

    Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel

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    Highlights desirable difficulties, spaced practice, and slow learning methods that enhance long-term knowledge retention.

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