True grit: is perseverance overrated?

Well-rounded individuals may be more primed to succeed in a chaotic and fast-paced world

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In a world in which we are increasingly encouraged to commit ourselves to a narrow career path from an early age, what we actually need is a return of the “Renaissance man”.

That is the premise laid out by ProPublica journalist David Epstein in his new book, Range. So is a jack of all trades really better off than a master of one?

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