468 - David Epstein: Proof That It’s Never Too Late to Master Something New

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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We've been lied to. All of our lives, we were told that the most successful people in the world started young. And focussed on just one thing. LIES! David Epstein just wrote about this in his book, "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World." This book is proof that there are shortcuts to mastery. (And I bet you're already doing at least one of the shortcuts). In this episode, you'll hear the formula for mastery, how to start something new at any age and you'll hear case studies of famous artists, athletes, investors and more... all who dabbled in life, tried different careers, moved around and still rose to the top. Oh! And if you like this episode, please remember to subscribe. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.0	Hermini Ayibara, who's one of the people in range of studies, how people kind of triangulate
0:19.5	their match quality, has this phrase I love.
0:21.7	We learn who we are in practice, not in theory, and what she means is there's like a huge
0:26.0	industry of personality tests and gurus that kind of preach them and commencement speeches
0:31.8	that tell you introspect and decide who you're going to be and then go forth and be that.
0:37.1	And in fact, what all the evidence shows is that you actually have to try stuff to learn
0:41.1	about yourself and then reflect on it.
0:43.0	And you know this end of history alluded to this idea that we all underestimate how
0:46.1	much we're going to change.
0:47.5	We only learn about ourselves by doing things, reflecting on it, and then continually zigzagging
0:52.6	and triangulating your match quality.
0:54.3	And honestly, I think this really resonated with some of the things I thought you wrote
0:57.3	where you gave people the advice to sort of focus on what was in front of them, where they
1:02.2	sometimes look like way ahead at some idealized goal and they're not looking at the step
1:05.9	right in front of them and learning from it as they're sort of zigzagging their way
1:08.5	there.
1:09.5	Yeah, right.
1:10.5	Like, my view is it's almost nonsensical to have one year or five year or ten year
1:14.4	goals.
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