Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By
David Epstein
David Epstein
2019 • 352 pages

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Man Si

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Outsiders

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Katherine

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I'm Glad My Mom Died
The Innocent Man
Mindsight: Transform Your Brain with the New Science of Empathy
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News
My Sister's Keeper
The Grapes of Wrath
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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Management Meetings

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Extreme Toyota

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Psychology

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How the Mind Works
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
Non Violent Communication A Language of Life
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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Feeling Good

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Non Fiction

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Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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1000 Hours Outside Book Club

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention
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Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

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Economics General

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Business

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Book Club

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Broken Brain

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Abandoned

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Archived

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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

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Career

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To Read Non Fiction

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