The Fox and the Hedgehog (http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s9981.pdf) - Isaiah Berlin (1953) In this Episode, we talk about different approaches to life and introduce the idea first coined by Isaiah Berlin. References Fable: Fox and the Cat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Cat_) Hidden Brain (NPR) - The Fox And The Hedgehog: The Triumphs And Perils Of Going Big (https://www.npr.org/2018/04/30/606024243/the-fox-and-the-hedgehog-the-triumphs-and-perils-of-going-big) Steve’s site (http://www.Steverosephd.com) Post on Medium by Louis Chew - You don’t need to be good at many things, you need to be great at one (https://medium.com/the-mission/you-dont-need-to-be-good-at-many-things-you-need-to-be-great-at-one-a18ed01d0ffc) Superstar Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Superstar_Effect) Deliberate Practice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning_method)) Cal Newport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Newport) - So Good They Can’t Ignore You (https://www.amazon.com/So-Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-audiobook/dp/B009CMO8JQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8) Scott Adams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams) - How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4) Scott Adams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams) - Career Advice (https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/career-advice.html) Tim Ferriss - 5 Reasons to be a Jack-of-all-Trades (https://tim.blog/2007/09/14/the-top-5-reasons-to-be-a-jack-of-all-trades/) 80:20 Rule / Pareto Distribution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle) The Crimson - Why You Shouldn’t Trust Malcolm Gladwell (https://www.thecrimson.com/column/behavioral-economist/article/2014/8/7/why-you-shouldnt-trust/) 10,000 hour rule (from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book))): “Throughout the publication, Gladwell repeatedly mentions the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing the correct way, for a total of around 10,000 hours, though the authors of the original study this was based on have disputed Gladwell's usage.” Tim Ferriss - 4 Hour Workweek (https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Expanded-Updated-Cutting-Edge/dp/0307465357) Nassim Taleb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb) - Antifragility (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragility) Millennials (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials) The relevant section (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFwaeb3a3NA) of Sylvia Plath’s “The Fig Tree” from The Bell Jar Corrections Phil misspoke - he didn’t graduate (2011) at the height of the recession (2007-2008). Steve was incorrect about Generalists - There is no official title called a “generalist” and that is not where the term “General” comes from
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