Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Part One

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

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Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Now more than ever, it seems the more you know, the better off you’ll be, especially in your career.

Our repeat guest this weekend, David Epstein, uses his latest book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, to examine the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields, especially those that are complex and unpredictable, generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel.

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"Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

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1:04.4	Welcome to the Jill on Money Show.
1:07.0	It's the summertime and it's the weekend.
1:09.8	And as a result, Mark and I thought it would be really nice if we found some of the great
1:16.1	interviews that we have conducted and re-air them for your summer vacation.
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1:26.2	Today, we are starting with David Epstein.
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