Think Again

settle prematurely on a sense of self
: Otilia Obodaru, “The Self Not Taken: How Alternative Selves
Develop and How They Influence Our Professional Lives,” Academy of Management Review 37
(2017): 523–53.
“one of the most useless questions”
: Michelle Obama, Becoming (New York: Crown, 2018).
lack the talent to pursue our callings
: Shoshana R. Dobrow, “Dynamics of Callings: A
Longitudinal Study of Musicians,” Journal of Organizational Behavior 34 (2013): 431–52.
leaving them unanswered
: Justin M. Berg, Adam M. Grant, and Victoria Johnson, “When Callings
Are Calling: Crafting Work and Leisure in Pursuit of Unanswered Occupational Callings,”
Organization Science 21 (2010): 973–94.
“Tell the kids”
: Chris Rock, Tamborine, directed by Bo Burnham, Netflix, 2018.
introducing them to science differently
: Ryan F. Lei et al., “Children Lose Confidence in Their
Potential to ‘Be Scientists,’ but Not in Their Capacity to ‘Do Science,’” Developmental Science
22 (2019): e12837.
prekindergarten students express more interest
: Marjorie Rhodes, Amanda Cardarelli, and Sarah-
Jane Leslie, “Asking Young Children to ‘Do Science’ Instead of ‘Be Scientists’ Increases Science
Engagement in a Randomized Field Experiment,” PNAS 117 (2020): 9808–14.
holding a dozen different jobs
: Alison Doyle, “How Often Do People Change Jobs during a
Lifetime?,” The Balance Careers, June 15, 2020, 
www.thebalancecareers.com/how-often-do-
people-change-jobs-2060467
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tuned out their mentors
: Shoshana R. Dobrow and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, “Listen to Your Heart?
Calling and Receptivity to Career Advice,” Journal of Career Assessment 20 (2012): 264–80.
we develop compensatory conviction
: Ian McGregor et al., “Compensatory Conviction in the Face
of Personal Uncertainty: Going to Extremes and Being Oneself,” Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology 80 (2001): 472–88.