Our work preferences and our life preferences do not stay the same, because we do not stay the same. - David Epstein

One study showed that early career specializers jumped out to an earnings lead after college, but that later specializers made up for the head start by finding work that better fit their skills and personalities.

In Gilbert’s terms, we are works in progress claiming to be finished.

Just as it is in golf, procedure practice is important in math. But when it comprises the entire math training strategy, it’s a problem. “Students do not view mathematics as a system,” Richland and her colleagues wrote. They view it as just a set of procedures.