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.
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E37 - Radical Candor (Author- Kim Scott) - with Krupa Natarajan
E36 - The Art of Happiness (Author- 14th Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler) - with Rehmat Kharal
E35 - The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs (Author- Carmine Gallo) - with Connie Kwan
E34 - Enhance Employee Engagement - with Author Nicole B.Mason
E33 - Ikigai (Authors - Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles) - with C Shikha
E32 - Thinking in Systems (Author- Donella Meadows) - with Ram Parasuraman
E31 - Made to Stick (Author- Chip & Dan Heath) - with Alina Fu
E30 - Lean In (Author- Sheryl Sandberg) - with Jayashree Rajagopalan
E29 - Principles (Author- Ray Dalio) - with Jake Burns
E28 - Career Interrupted - with Author Reena Gupta
E27 - Antifragile (Author- Nassim Nicholas Taleb) - with Shaloo Garg
E26 - My Life in Full (Author- Indra Nooyi) - with Payal Koul Mirakhur
E25 - 2030 (Author- Mauro F. Guillén) - with Molly McCabe
E24 - Alchemist (Author- Paula Coelho) - with Shikha Mittal
E23 - How to Win Friends and Influence People (Author- Dale Carnegie) - with Sushma Malhotra
E22 - Measure What Matters (Author- John Doerr) - with Raj Rajamani
E21 - Atomic Habits (Author- James Clear) - with Saro Velrajan
E20 - Mindset (Author- Carol Dweck) - with Benu Aggarwal
E19 - Modern Monopolies (Authors- Alex Moazed and Nicholas L. Johnson) - with Dheeraj Pandey
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