In the first of two articles exploring Epstein’s presentation at the 2019 Leaders Sport Performance Summit, the Leaders Performance Institute focuses on his Roger-Tiger comparison and the value of ‘range’ in analogical problem-solving in environments as disparate as science labs and the offices of comic books.Įlite athletes tend to have a ‘sampling period’ Epstein does not ignore the mercurial nature of talent development but proposes the notion that generalists tend to be better-placed to succeed than early specialists across a range of fields, of which sport is but one. Yet both men became the best in their respective sports. The book’s central sporting tenet is that a tennis champion such as Roger Federer, who eschewed early specialisation, is a more common paradigm in sport than his golfing counterpart Tiger Woods, who was introduced to the sport by his father when he was two years old.
“‘Just because you’ve had a lot of reps doesn’t mean you’ve learned the right lessons’.”Įpstein, whose 2013 bestselling book The Sports Gene challenged the notion of the ‘10,000-hour rule’ for achieving mastery in elite sport, was in Atlanta to explore the themes raised in his latest book: Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. “ Brad Sheehan mentioned some things yesterday that I really loved,” says Epstein of Delta Air Lines’ Managing Director of Flight Safety, who had spoken the previous day at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. David Epstein returned to Leaders stage in June and cited a fellow speaker in explaining his theory that generalists are better placed to thrive than early specialists in most fields.
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