Deceived by experience. Why a wide horizons have become more important than a deep specialization in one profession. Epstein D.

We were deceived. For many decades, psychologists, teachers, coaches and HR specialists kept repeating: the sooner you find the work of life, the more you will achieve in it.

David Epstein, researcher, journalist, speaker TED, author of two world bestsellers, convincingly proves that this approach no longer works. According to the study, the vast majority of successful startups are not launched by young people, but by people over 45 years old. More often the rest of the national teams are athletes who began to specialize in their sport relatively late. Conversely, the luminaries of medicine, which have studied a narrow range of diseases all their lives, drive patients into the coffin. And the recommendations of super-professional financiers lead to economic crises. The world has changed, says Epstein. Now the breadth of the horizons is more important than experience, and the “period of trial”. When a person has been sorting out different professions for many years, a necessary condition for outstanding results.