Chapter 2: The Origin of Alter Egos
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. The Oprah Winfrey Show, episode 516, How a Pair of Oprahs Shoes Changed One Womans Life, aired September 19, 2015, http://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/how-a-pair-of-oprahs-shoes-changed-one-womans-life-video#ixzz5Kh8Czoef.
. M. J. Brown, E. Henriquez, and J. Groscup, The Effects of Eyeglasses and Race on Juror Decisions Involving a Violent Crime, American Journal of Forensic Psychology 26, no. 2 (2008): 2543.
. Mike Vilensky, Report: People Wearing Glasses Seem Like People You Can Trust, New York magazine, February 13, 2011, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/02/nerd_defense.html.
. The Legacy of a Dream exhibition in Concourse E at the Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport in conjunction with the King Center. One of the display cases contains the nonprescription glasses King wore to make himself feel more distinguished.
Chapter 3: The Power of the Alter Ego Effect
. Beyonc interview, September 2003.
. Beyonc, Marie Claire interview, October 2008.
. Ibid.
. Beyonc, press statement, 2008.
. Stephanie M. Carlson, The Batman Effect: What My Research Shows About Pretend Play and Executive Functioning, Understood, May 30, 2016, https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/expert-corner/2016/05/30/the-batman-effect-what-my-research-shows-about-pretend-play-and-executive-functioning.
. Ibid.
. Rachel E. White, Emily O. Prager, Catherine Schaefer, Ethan Kross, Angela L. Duckworth, and Stephanie M. Carlson, The Batman Effect: Improving Perseverance in Young Children, Child Development, December 16, 2016, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.12695.
. Ibid.
. Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise, and Pl Kraft, Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion, Leisure Sciences 34, no. 1 (2012): 1938.
. Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise, and Pl Kraft, The Dark Side of Leisure: Obsessive Passion and Its Covariates and Outcomes, Leisure Studies 30, no. 1 (2011): 4962; and Frode Stenseng, The Two Faces of Leisure Activity Engagement: Harmonious and Obsessive Passion in Relation to Intrapersonal Conflict and Life Domain Outcomes, Leisure Sciences 30, no. 5 (2008): 46581.
. Ryan M. Niemiec, VIA Character Strengths: Research and Practice (The First 10 Years), in Hans Henrik Knoop and Antonella Delle Fave, eds., Well-Being and Cultures (Springer Netherlands, 2013).
. Michael Shurtleff, Audition (New York: Bantam Books, 1978), 5.
. Oliver James, Upping Your Ziggy (London: Karnac Books, 2016), xii.
. Ibid.
. Ibid.
Chapter 6: The Hidden Forces of the Enemy
. Carl Richards, Learning to Deal with the Imposter Syndrome, New York Times, October 26, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/your-money/learning-to-deal-with-the-impostor-syndrome.html.
Chapter 8: The Power of Your Story
. Lisa Kron, Wired for Story (New York: Ten Speed Press, 2015), 8.
. Seth Godin, All Marketers Are Liars (New York: Penguin, 2005), 3.
. Ibid., 2.
. Ibid., 3.
Chapter 9: Choosing Your Extraordinary World
. Jim Carreys commencement address at the 2014 MUM graduation, May 24, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M.
. Ibid.
. Matt Mullin, Ajayi Compares Jay Train Persona to Brian Dawkins Weapon X Alter Ego, Philly Voice, January 10, 2018, http://www.phillyvoice.com/ajayi-compares-jay-train-persona-brian-dawkins-weapon-x-alter-ego/.
. Steven Kotler, Flow States and Creativity, Psychology Today, February 25, 2014, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-playing-field/201402/flow-states-and-creativity.
. Ibid.
. Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise, and Pl Kraft, Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion, Leisure Sciences 34, no. 1 (2012): 1938.
Chapter 10: The Power of a Mission
. Roy F. Baumeister, Some Key Differences between a Happy Life and a Meaningful Life, Journal of Positive Psychology 8, no. 6 (2013).
. Barbara Fredrickson and Steven W. Cole, National Academy of Sciences, July 29, 2013.
. Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works (New York: Norton, 1997), 373.
. Taiichi Ohno, Ask Why Five Times About Every Matter, Toyota, March 2006, http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/mar_apr_2006.html.
. Ethan Kross and zlem Ayduk, Making Meaning Out of Negative Experiences by Self-Distancing, Current Directions in Psychological Science 20, no. 3 (2011): 18791.
Chapter 13: The Heroic Origin Story
. Ibid.
. Alison Flood, JK Rowling Says She Received Loads of Rejections Before Harry Potter Success, Guardian, March 24, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/24/jk-rowling-tells-fans-twitter-loads-rejections-before-harry-potter-success.
. Ibid.
. Ibid.
Chapter 14: Activating Your Alter Ego with a Totem or Artifact
. Joe Wright, dir., Darkest Hour, 2017, Perfect World Pictures.
. Hajo Adam and Adam D. Galinsky, Enclothed Cognition, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48, no. 4 (July 2012): 91825.
. Ibid.
Chapter 16: Mindsets, Missions, Quests, and Adventures
. Robert Stein, Do You Want to See Her? American Heritage 56, no. 5 (2005).
. Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise, and Pl Kraft, Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion, Leisure Sciences 34, no. 1 (2012): 1938.
. Hajo Adam and Adam D. Galinsky, Enclothed Cognition, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48, no. 4 (July 2012): 91825.
. Ryan M. Niemiec, VIA Character Strengths: Research and Practice (The First 10 Years), in Hans Henrik Knoop and Antonella Delle Fave, eds., Well-Being and Cultures (Springer Netherlands, 2013).
. Bethany E. Kok and Barbara L. Fredrickson, Upward Spirals of the Heart: Autonomic Flexibility, as Indexed by Vagal Tone, Reciprocally and Prospectively Predicts Positive Emotions and Social Connectedness, Biological Psychology 85, no. 3 (2010): 43236.
. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1949), 23.
. George Lucas interview, National Arts Club, 1985.
. Ibid.
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