David Epstein

From one piece Excerpt from the New Range Foreword 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  Career zig-zaggers are more likely to feel unappreciated while building a broad skill set, and also more likely, eventually, to reach the top of their work.

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  In other words: career zig-zaggers are more likely to feel unappreciated while on the path to developing a broad skill set, but also more likely (eventually) to ascend to the highest echelon in their work.

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  In pursuit of a head start, people often skip exploring and jump straight to narrowly exploiting what they already know.

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  “Exploit” means digging into what you already know and maximizing the benefit from it. Getting the balance right is crucial. The trouble is, in pursuit of a head start, we often skip “explore” and jump right to the more narrow “exploit.”

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From one piece Welcome to RANGE WIDELY 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  Nobel laureates are far more likely than other scientists to have a hobby unrelated to their work and tend to do more multidisciplinary work, as elite athletes sample widely before they specialise.

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  Compared to other scientists, for instance, Nobel laureates are at least twenty-two times more likely to have a hobby (usually artistic) unrelated to their work. They also tend to do more multidisciplinary work and progress more slowly early in their careers — a pattern mirrored by elite athletes, who usually go through a “sampling period” of diverse experience, and delay narrow specialization.

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  Broad interests and diverse experience are hallmarks of the typical path to fulfilment and achievement, from athletes and artists to inventors and scientists.

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  Researching athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters, scientists, and more, I found that broad interests and diverse experience were hallmarks of the typical path to fulfillment and achievement.

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