The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth - Alexandra Robbins [199]
“It was so healthy for me”: Ibid.
moved to Nashville: See, for example, Goodspeed.
at fourteen, became the youngest: See Taylorswift.com.
“showed up, wearing my T-shirts”: See Waterman.
In 2008 and 2009: See Taylorswift.com.
top-selling digital artist: See “Nielsen SoundScan Lists Taylor Swift as the Top-Selling Digital Artist in History,” PR Newswire, January 7, 2010.
“What does it matter”: See Goodman, Jilian J. “Taylor-made for group hug,” Omaha World-Herald, August 10, 2009.
When Yahoo! executives evaluate: See, for example, Taylor, William.
number one most influential business thinker: See White, Erin. “New breed of business gurus rises,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2008.
“You must marry a thorough understanding”: See Hamel, Gary. Leading the Revolution, Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2002.
he was a loner and a “misfit”: See Chouinard, Yvon. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, New York: Penguin, 2005.
“the godfather of ice climbing”: See Boardman, Peter. Outside Magazine, in a review of Chouinard’s book Climbing Ice, Sierra Club Books for Children, 1978.
A craftsman at heart: See, for example, Gordon, Michael. “Riding out the storm on a new wave,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 18, 2009.
One of the first green companies: See, for example, Burke, Monte. “Wal-Mart, Patagonia Team to Green Business,” Forbes, May 24, 2010.
Patagonia annually gives: See, for example, Patagonia.com.
Walmart, Nike, and Gap: See, for example, Archer, Michelle. “Founder of Patagonia became a businessman accidentally,” USA Today, October 31, 2005.
forty employees take paid: See, for example, Greenhouse, Steven. “Working Life (High and Low),” New York Times, April 20, 2008.
Solar panels power: Ibid.
built using 95 percent: See Earnest, Leslie. “Patagonia’s Founder Seeks to Spread Environmental Gospel,” Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2005.
the most fuel-efficient cars: See, for example, Greenhouse.
lunchtime yoga and Pilates: Ibid.
Patagonia covers 100 percent: Ibid.
“Only those businesses operating”: See Chouinard.
“the coolest company on the planet”: See Fortune, April 2007.
Character Strengths and Virtues: See Peterson, Christopher and Seligman, Martin E. P. Character Strengths and Virtues: a Handbook and Classification, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
in more than seventy countries: See, for example, Max, D. T. “Happiness 101,” New York Times Magazine, January 7, 2007.
“those abiding moral traits”: Ibid.
“the good life”: Peterson and Seligman make a disclaimer: “We also believe that positive traits need to be placed in context; it is obvious that they do not operate in isolation from the settings, proximal and distal, in which people are to be found. . . . Situations of course make it more or less difficult to live well, but the good life reflects choice and will.” Separately, I like University of Virginia psychology professor Jonathan Haidt’s paraphrase of Aristotle: “A good life is one where you develop your strengths, realize your potential, and become what it is in your nature to become.”
“has an inner life”: See Peterson, Christopher and Seligman, Martin.
“even when one has much to lose”: I also like how Peterson defines “strengths of courage”: “Strengths of courage entail the exercise of will to accomplish goals in the face of opposition, external or internal.” See Peterson, Christopher. A Primer in Positive Psychology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Judd Apatow: See IMDB.com.
Angelina Jolie: See Rader, Dotson. “Angelina Jolie: Taming Her Wild Heart,” Parade, July 11, 2010.
Zac Efron: See Zuckerman, Blaine. “Zac Efron Answers Your Questions,” People, April 27, 2009.
Ne-Yo: See Arroyave, Luis. “About Last Night . . .”, Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2009.
Drake: See, for example, Carter, Kelley. “Drake: Influenced by the south, this Canadian rapper earns his cool and command of hip-hop,” Jet, September 20, 2010.
LeeAnn Rimes: See Cioffi, Adrianna; Cioffi, Lauren; and Salto, Christine. “Kidsday,” Newsday, September 30, 2003.
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