A goldmine of surprising insights Makes you smarter with every page James Clear author of Atomic Habits The essential guide to improving your performance and a powerful argument for how to succeed in any field develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize The instant Sunday Times bestseller From the 10 000 hours rule to the power of tiger parenting we have been taught that success in any field requires early specialization and many hours of deliberate practice If you only dabble or delay you ll never catch up with those who got a head start This is completely wrong In this landmark book David Epstein shows you that the way to succeed is by sampling widely gaining a breadth of experiences taking detours experimenting relentlessly and juggling many interests this is the power of developing range Studying the world s most successful athletes artists musicians inventors and scientists Epstein demonstrates why in most fields generalists not specialists are primed to excel Range has challenged the status quo reshaped career paths and changed lives Read it to view the world differently Shortlisted for the Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award I loved Range Malcolm Gladwell author