Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-01
Books mentioned on Specialisation Is For Insects - David Epstein - #084
David Epstein is a New York Times Best Selling Author and Investigative Journalist. Specialising early and hard is a frequent piece of advice I hear given to people asking for advice on how to become great at things.
David Epstein recommended Wired to Create by Dr Scott Barry Kaufman and others, Ending Medical Reversal by Vinayak K. Prasad and others, The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida, and Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron. Chris Williamson discussed Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Wired to Create
Wired to Create by Dr.
Recommended“but but that reminds me of this book that I really loved called wired to create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire because basically one of the themes is that these creative people are like contradictory”
Where to get it
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Ending Medical Reversal
Ending Medical Reversal by Vinayak K.
Recommended“there's a whole book about this called ending medical reversal by these two doctors that talks about how procedures keep being done even after science has like totally show they should not be done and more”
Where to get it
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The Way of the Superior Man
The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida offers a guide for men navigating modern relationships, spirituality, and personal purpose, exploring concepts of masculine and feminine energy.
Recommended“David date is the way of the superior man he talks about phases in people's lives and he says that one of the times that's a trigger for he's talking about men”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a well-known self-improvement guide focused on habit formation, continuous improvement, and practical strategy.
Discussed“oh that's why I've misread it in atomic atomic habits”
Where to get it
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Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron is a self-improvement and fitness book that explores the mindsets, habits, and rigorous frameworks required to achieve elite performance in athletics and daily life.
Recommended“there's a story in chasing excellence by Ben Bergeron where he says that Matt wouldn't let himself leave”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“in fact I like to highlight the NPR in our public radio did a review of range and they they say that I spend a lot of time giving credit to dissenters”
“I'm joined by David Epstein all the way from the opposite side of the Atlantic and we're talking about range today”
“Well we'll get it dig into your new book today range”
“well we'll get it dig into your new book today range right”
“one of which was I wrote a book before this called the sports gene about genetics and athleticism and I as well as Malcolm Gladwell would say I devoted several pages to criticizing his work”
“one of which was I wrote a book before this called the sports gene about genetics and athleticism”
“where does it begin where do we start with range”
“and in the book I talk about his interesting studies of inventors of technological inventors and and basically what these studies show is that they're there”
“I I think that so I introduced this concept in the book that the of different types of learning environments what the psychologist Robin Hogarth calls kind and wicked learning environments”