Comments on: Birth order—powerful or powerless? http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2007/10/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/ Info, comments and musings on company culture, communications and employee hiring, motivation and retention Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Miki Saxon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2007/10/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/comment-page-1/#comment-53367 Miki Saxon Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:34:59 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/#comment-53367 Just to set the record straight, I'll be the first to say that I don't know nearly enough to come down firmly on one side or the other. What I do vehemently disagree with is that this or anything similar locks a person onto a predestined course from which they have no way to break free. That is something that I'll never accept. Just to set the record straight, I’ll be the first to say that I don’t know nearly enough to come down firmly on one side or the other.

What I do vehemently disagree with is that this or anything similar locks a person onto a predestined course from which they have no way to break free. That is something that I’ll never accept.

]]> By: David Zinger http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2007/10/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/comment-page-1/#comment-53369 David Zinger Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:15:45 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/#comment-53369 Birth order is an interesting phenomenon. Alfred Adler did lots of work on this 100 years ago and I think it can be interesting to think about. Birth order is an interesting phenomenon. Alfred Adler did lots of work on this 100 years ago and I think it can be interesting to think about.

]]> By: Lon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2007/10/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/comment-page-1/#comment-53366 Lon Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:21:30 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/#comment-53366 Birth Order study reporting is not complete without bringing in Judith Rich Harris for an opinion or rebuttal. She trashed, in clear scientific terms, most if not all of the existing birth order studies in her _The Nurture Assumption_. Roughly, genes determine 50% of your development, peer groups 30-40%, various other environmental, including parents, less than 10%. Birth Order study reporting is not complete without bringing in Judith Rich Harris for an opinion or rebuttal. She trashed, in clear scientific terms, most if not all of the existing birth order studies in her _The Nurture Assumption_. Roughly, genes determine 50% of your development, peer groups 30-40%, various other environmental, including parents, less than 10%.

]]> By: Denis http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2007/10/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/comment-page-1/#comment-53368 Denis Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/birth-order%e2%80%94powerful-or-powerless/#comment-53368 There are studies (cited in What's Going on in There by Lise Eliot) that suggest the IQ is correlated to the birth order and the number of siblings. That book is an intersting read all around for parents and tend to show that parents can blow it but can only do so much to support the natural development of the brain (and more generally the child) in the crucial early years. There are studies (cited in What’s Going on in There by Lise Eliot) that suggest the IQ is correlated to the birth order and the number of siblings.

That book is an intersting read all around for parents and tend to show that parents can blow it but can only do so much to support the natural development of the brain (and more generally the child) in the crucial early years.

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