Chapter Four: In the Zone
EWA LAURANCE: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
AARON SORKIN: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
MONICA SELES: M. Krug, personal interview of Monica Seles, 1999.
FLOW: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
(New York: HarperCollins, 1990).
Chapter Five: Finding Your Tribe
MEG RYAN: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
DON LIPSKI: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
HELEN PILCHER: Helen Pilcher, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Lab,”
Science
, December 6, 2002.
BRIAN RAY: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
DEBBIE ALLEN: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
MICHAEL POLANYI: Michael Polanyi, “The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory,” in
Knowing and Being
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969).
BOB DYLAN: Bob Dylan,
Chronicles
,
Vol. 1
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004).
RANDALL COLLINS: Randall Collins,
The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change
(Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1998).
DOROTHY LEONARD AND WALTER SWAP: Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, “Gurus in the Garage,”
Harvard Business Review
, November- December 2000.
GREAT GROUPS: Warren G. Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman,
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
(New York: Perseus Books, 1997).
KIND OF
BLUE
: Bill Evans, liner notes to
Kind of Blue
by Miles Davis, Columbia Records, 1959.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005).
ROBERT CIALDINI: Dr. Alan Eshleman, “BIRGing, CORFing and Blasting,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 20, 2002.
HOWARD COSELL: Howard Cosell,
Cosell
(Chicago: Playboy Press, 1973). Howard Cosell,
I Never Played the Game
(New York: William Morrow, 1985).
BILLY CONNOLLY: Pamela Stephenson,
Billy
(New York: HarperCollins, 2001).
Chapter Six: What Will They Think?
CHUCK CLOSE: Jon Marmor, “Close Call,”
Columns: The University of Washington Alumni Magazine
, June 1997.
CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY: Malcolm Tay, “In the Company of Able(D) Dancers,”
Flying Inkpot
, October 2, 2000.
PAULO COELHO: Paulo Coelho, op-ed,
Indian Express
, February 7, 2006.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
GROUPTHINK: Judith Rich Harris,
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
(New York: Free Press, 1998).
Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Smooth Operator,”
New York,
January 17, 2005.
Solomon Asch, “Opinions and Social Pressure,”
Scientific American
, 1955.
Jerry B. Harvey,
The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management
(Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1988).
Chapter Seven: Do You Feel Lucky?
JOHN WILSON: John Coles,
Blindness and the Visionary: The Life and Work of John Wilson
(London: Giles de la Mare, 2006).
Obituary,
Independent
(London), December 3, 1999.
Obituary,
New York Times
, December 7, 1999.
RICHARD WISEMAN: Richard Wiseman,
The Luck Factor
(New York: Miramax, 2003).
VIDAL SASSOON: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
BRAD ZDANIVSKY: Pieta Woolley, “Hell on Wheels,”
Straight.com
, July 7, 2005.
Chapter Eight: Somebody Help Me
WARREN BUFFETT: Roger Lowenstein,
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
(New York: Random House, 1995).
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Matilda Raffa Cuomo,
The Person Who Changed My Life
(New York: Barnes & Noble, 2002).
PAUL MCCARTNEY: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
JAMES EARL JONES: Matilda Raffa Cuomo,
The Person Who Changed My Life
(New York: Barnes & Noble, 2002).
Chapter Nine: Is It Too Late?
SUSAN JEFFERS: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
HARRIET DOERR: Yvonne Daley, “Late Bloomer,”
Stanford Magazine
, 1997.
RIDLEY SCOTT: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
DR. HENRY LODGE: Chris Crowley and Harry S. Lodge, M.D.,
Younger Than Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You’re 80 and Beyond
(New York: Workman, 2005).
DR. SUSAN GREENFIELD: Susan Greenfield,
The Human Brain: A Guided Tour
(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997).
GRACE LIVING CENTER: Marti Attoun, “School of a Lifetime,” American
Profile.com
, December 1, 2002.
Chapter Ten: For Love or Money
GABRIEL TROP: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
“THE PRO-AM REVOLUTION”: Charles Leadbeater and Paul Miller, “The Pro-Am Revolution: How Enthusiasts are Changing Our Economy and Society,”
www.demos.co.uk
, 2004.
“TIFF” WOOD: David Halberstam,
The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1985).
A LEG TO STAND ON: Burt Helm, “Hedge Funders Band Together for Charity,”
Business Week
, October 20, 2006.
JOHN WOOD: Bob Cooper, “Rich in Books,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, September 26, 2004.
SUZANNE PETERSON: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
Chapter Eleven: Making the Grade
RICHARD BRANSON: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
PAUL MCCARTNEY: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
“THIS LOOKED-DOWN-UPON THING”: Courtesy of Takeshi Haoriguchi.
CRAM SCHOOLS: Sheryl WuDunn, “In Japan, Even Toddlers Feel the Pressure to Excel,”
New York Times
, January 23, 1996.
THE TESTING INDUSTRY: Barbara Miner, “Keeping Public Schools Public,”
Rethinking Schools
, Winter 2004-5.
PAUL MCCARTNEY: All material in this segment came from an original interview for this book.
REGGIO SCHOOLS: Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman,
The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach Advanced Reflections
(Greenwich, Conn.: Ablex, 1998).
LORIS MALAGUZZI: Loris Malaguzzi, “Invece il cento c’e,” translated by Lella Gandini.
GRANGETON: Portions of this segment came from an original interview for this book.
OKLAHOMA A+ SCHOOLS: Nicole Ashby, “Arts Integration at Oklahoma School Provides Multiple Paths for Learning,”
Achiever
, June 1, 2007.
http://www.aplusok.org/
.
Index
Abilene Paradox
Adderley, Julian “Cannonball,” 124
aging
Ailey, Alvin
Allen, Debbie
Altman, Robert
amateurs
derivation of word
leisure vs. recreation
in Olympic Games
Pro-Am Revolution
transformation
Anlo Ewe people
ants, swarms of
aptitude
Aristotle
Armstrong, Lance
Armstrong, Neil
Aronica, Lou
Asch, Solomon
Athenian Stoics
attitude
authenticity
balance
Ballantine, Ian
Bardens, Peter
Bates, Edward
Beatles
Bennis, Warren
Biederman, Pat Ward
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Bill (car salesman)
Binet, Alfred
BIRGing (Basking in Reflected Glory)
Black Ice
blindness
Bogdanovich, Peter
Book Buddies
brain:
and creativity
and culture
gender differences in
hemispheres of
of infants
and intelligence
and language
lateral occipital complex
and memory
neural pathways of
physical development of
plasticity of
structural differences in
and visual perception
brain cells
Branson, Sir Richard
Brecht, Bertolt
Brigham, Carl
Bruce, Jack
Buffett, Warren
Buzan, Tony
Can
do
Co Dance Company
Capaldi, Jim
Carson, Rachel,
Silent Spring
Chambers, Paul
chance
change, pace of
Charles, Ray
Chase, Salmon P.
Chee, Michael
Child, Julia
Christie, Agatha
Cialdini, Robert
cities, growth of
Clapton, Eric
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clawson, Mr.
Cleese, John
climate crisis
Close, Chuck