Think Again

architects were more likely
: Donald W. Mackinnon, “Personality and the Realization of Creative
Potential,” American Psychologist 20 (1965): 273–81.
“tense but secure”
: Paula Olszewski, Marilynn Kulieke, and Thomas Buescher, “The Influence of
the Family Environment on the Development of Talent: A Literature Review,” Journal for the
Education of the Gifted 11 (1987): 6–28.
“The creative person-to-be”
: Robert S. Albert, ed., Genius & Eminence (Oxford: Pergamon Press,
1992).
It’s called agreeableness
: Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Jennifer M. Knack, and Haylie L. Gomez,
“The Psychology of Nice People,” Social and Personality Psychology Compass 4 (2010): 1042–
56; Robert R. McCrae and Antonio Terraciano, “National Character and Personality,” Current
Directions in Psychological Science 15 (2006): 156–61.
analysis of over 40 million tweets
: Bryor Snefjella, Daniel Schmidtke, and Victor Kuperman,
“National Character Stereotypes Mirror Language Use: A Study of Canadian and American
Tweets,” PLoS ONE 13 (2018): e0206188.
to become engineers and lawyers
: Henk T. van der Molen, Henk G. Schmidt, and Gerard
Kruisman, “Personality Characteristics of Engineers,” European Journal of Engineering
Education 32 (2007): 495–501; Gidi Rubinstein, “The Big Five among Male and Female Students
of Different Faculties,” Personality and Individual Differences 38 (2005): 1495–503.
If you’re highly disagreeable
: Stéphane Côté and D. S. Moskowitz, “On the Dynamic Covariation
between Interpersonal Behavior and Affect: Prediction from Neuroticism, Extraversion, and
Agreeableness,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 75 (1998): 1032–46.
When I studied Pixar
: Personal interviews with Brad Bird, November 8, 2018, and April 28, 2020;
Nicole Grindle, October 19, 2018, and March 17, 2020; and John Walker, November 21, 2018,
and March 24, 2020; “The Creative Power of Misfits,” WorkLife with Adam Grant, March 5,
2019; Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton, and Allen P. Webb, “Innovation Lessons from Pixar: An
Interview with Oscar-Winning Director Brad Bird,” McKinsey Quarterly, April 1, 2008,
www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/innovation-
lessons-from-pixar-an-interview-with-oscar-winning-director-brad-bird
; The Making of “The
Incredibles,” directed by Rick Butler, Pixar, 2005; Alec Bojalad, “The Incredibles 2: Brad Bird

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