# The Science of Doing Less to Achieve More | David Epstein

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Podcast: [The School of Greatness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-greatness-745252)
Published: 2026-05-25T07:00:00+00:00
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David Epstein, investigative journalist, science writer, and bestselling author of Range and Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, joins Lewis Howes to explore how strategic constraints unlock creativity, focus, and performance. The conversation covers the BCS Press Release framework, kind vs. wicked learning environments, the 10,000-hour rule myth, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, satisficing rules, the subtractive neglect bias, and research from MIT, Northwestern, and the Census Bureau on founder age and startup success.

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