The general advice usually given and something you will often hear is to specialize and specialize early in your chosen field in order to reap success. But David Epstein says otherwise. In his book, Range, WHY GENERALISTS TRIUMPH IN A SPECIALIZED WORLD, he asserts that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—generalists are primed to excel.
In today's episode, I had the chance to talk to Mita Gupta about this very book. Mita boldly explored many interests as a generalist, taking on different challenging roles (Co-founder, VP, and Board Advisor, to name a few) allowing her to successfully start and build multiple B2B businesses.. She spoke about why she believed in this particular notion and discussed some examples from her own life and career that supported it.
This is an episode you don’t want to miss. Tune in to understand why a breadth of experience is invaluable as compared to narrow specialization.
E58 Subtract (author Leidy Klotz) with Kay Sarathy
E57 Thinking fast and slow (author Daniel Kahneman) with VT Bharadwaj
E56 Rising Strong (author Brené Brown) with Amritha Prasad
E55 - The Cold Start Problem (Author - Andrew Chen) - with Bobby Burns
E54 - Innovation Factory with Author Prith Banerjee
E53 - What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (Author - Marshall Goldsmith) - with Anusha Vaidyanathan
E52 - Promotions Made Easy (Author - Stacy Mayer) - with Shari Begun
E50 - Blitzscaling with Author Chris Yeh
E49 - First 90 days (Author - Michael D. Watkins) - with Elena Elkina
E48 - Becoming (Author - Michelle Obama) - with Jayashree Sundaresan
E47 - Atlas of the Heart (Author - Brené Brown) - with Syamla Bandla
E46 - Presence (Author - Amy Cuddy) - with Lena Cheng
E45 - Think Like a Rocket Scientist (Author - Ozan Varol) - with Husein Attarwala
E44 - Unremarkable to Extraordinary - with Author Jeremy Ryan Slate
E43 - Agile M&A - with Author Kison Patel
E42 - To Be Honest - with Author Ron Carucci
E41- Results (Author- Jamie Smart) - with Shawn Flynn
E40- Loonshots (Author- Safi Bahcall) - with Guillaume de la Serra
E39 - Host Feature: Succeed As A Woman Leader In Business & Social Impact
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