The Value of Range: Unlocking Your Potential

Have you ever been told to give up on your dreams? Unlikely. It’s not the most positive-sounding advice, after all. But it could be precisely what’s needed to unlock your potential.

In his 2019 book Range, scientist turned journalist and author David Epstein makes the case for a different kind of inspiration, which has the potential to change the way we think about our goals, how to achieve them, and even who we are.

Whilst single-minded determination and 10,000 hours of practice may make some folks’ dreams come true, it doesn’t leave much room for other interests. By locking yourself in to one option, you’re locking yourself out of many more - any of which might have been a better fit for your tastes and talents. That's why it's important to experiment with different possibilities without committing straight away – something Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Brian May and Daniel Levitin did with great success.

Find out how expanding your range can unlock potential in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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0:00 Introduction
0:52 The 10,000 hour rule
1:35 Discover your potential
1:58 The sampling period
2:47 Outsider advantage
3:39 Creativity
4:16 Conclusion

[milesoctober]

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[margaretaranha]

Brother Ro Remedious as soon as see you on the screen I feel so happy and seeing you big smile comes on my face Everyday I scroll to find you and when I see you I be happy.

[chand]

This is absolutely inspirational and informative.

[letmelaugh]

Wow u did pretty good
The don't give mind set

[sabering]

Damn this just changed my mindset THANK YOU!

[raghavneema]

My goal resonates with very important value in my mind so anyways it is definitely going to happen what I wanna do

[fatihsonmez]

didn't watch yet, still liked :d

[anshikbrahmbhatt]

Thank you Mike for this video, it made me realize how I let go of all my side hobbies just to focus mainly on one thing I am thinking back to getting back to my old hobbies but also thinking of starting something new, unique, and informative video as always!

[aintijustthecutest]

Another fine video and I very much like the message behind it.

Though, this made me think about my younger self, that didn't really have any dreams or aspirations, even now. I wonder where does people like me fall to...

[TheDivide_]

I wish an exquisite day to anyone who find this comment🙌

[sumitbindra]

Coz of this video / recommendation, I got the book "Range". I have been thinking about how quickly the kid needs to figure out "the passion" and this book has relieved the pressure by introducing the explore then exploit method to parenting.

I quite admire how you present concepts on your channel by boiling them down to their essence. Any recommendations on building that storytelling skill?

[igctv]

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[FarrelTTE]

I *Hate* that anyone barely watch these highly animated informational videos! Seriously, you deserve more views than this!

[rollerm]

Absolutely impressive animation video, I never thought of my potentials. Algorithm please identify this channel is very informative and should rated.

[jobo]

This was excellently formulated, I love this message. Very useful in an age of impostor syndrome, social- and performance anxiety!

[erikunscio]

This effort for motion graphics its so crazy.. let's up this video

[najwan]

the amount effort you and your motion graphics team put into each video is nothing short of phenomenal. i wish there were a lot more returning viewers when you put these videos as ads, because it's a shame these videos aren't seen enough.

[thecooleraliguar]

I never thought of it that way. Great video.

[raghavneema]

Failure is okay but small dream is a crime