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.
E18 - The Hard Thing about Hard Things (Author - Ben Horowitz) - with Jeetu Patel
E17 - The Leadership Pipeline (Author - Ram Charan et. al) - with Nishant Saxena
E16 - Sacred Hoops (Author - Phil Jackson) - with Linda Tong
E15 - Ride of a Lifetime (Author - Robert Iger) - with Arun Mani
E14 - Road to Success - with Author Ash Seddeek
E13 - Good to Great (Author - Jim Collins) - with Madhu Shalini Iyer
E12 - Trillion Dollar Coach (Author - Eric Schmidt et. al) - with Swati Bhatia
E11 - Unknown Edge - with Author Rajita Kulkarni Bagga
E10 - Deep Work (Author - Cal Newport) - with Gayathri Devi Kalyanaraman
E9 - Give and Take (Author - Adam Grant) - with Ajay Goel
E8 - Pocket Full of Love - with Author Lisa Pepper-Satkin
E7 - Ellevate - with Author Sonali Sambhus
E6 - The Servant (Author - James C. Hunter) - with Sanjeev Kapur
E5 - Dare to Lead (Author - Dr.Brene Brown) - with Robin Garcia-Amaya
E4 - Unapologetically Ambitions - with Author Shellye Archambeau
E3 - How will you measure your life (Author - Clayton Christensen et. al) - with Madhavi Ravanan
E2 - Ego is the Enemy (Author - Ryan Holiday) - with Declan Waters
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E1 - The Gifts of Imperfection (Author - Dr.Brene Brown) - with Heather Jerrehian
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