195. Can You Be Too Nice?

Where is the line between a good guy and a doormat? Do people with sharp elbows make more money? And why did Angela’s mother give away her birthday present?
Take the Big Five inventory: freakonomics.com/bigfive

• SOURCES:• Kristen Bell, actor.
• Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon.
• Harry Connick Jr., singer, pianist, and actor.
• Juli Fraga, psychologist and writer.
• Adam Grant, professor of management and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Allison Sweet Grant, writer.
• Timothy Judge, chair of the department of Management and Human Resources at The Ohio State University.
• Frank Jacobs, journalist and columnist at Big Think.
• Beth Livingston, professor of industrial relations at the University of Iowa.
• Topher Payne, playwright and screenwriter.
• Dax Shepard, actor and podcast host.
• RESOURCES:• "Are You a Chronic People-Pleaser? Here’s How to Be Kinder to Yourself," by Juli Fraga (The Washington Post, 2023).
• "Geopsychology: Your Personality Depends on Where You Live," by Frank Jacobs (Big Think, 2023).
• "We Need to Talk About ‘The Giving Tree,'" by Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant (The New York Times, 2020).
• The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries, by Topher Payne (2020).
• "Do as You’re Told! Facets of Agreeableness and Early Adult Outcomes for Inner-City Boys," by Margaret Kern, Angela Duckworth, Sergio Urzúa, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and Donald Lynam (Journal of Research in Personality, 2013).
• Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success, by Adam Grant (2013).
• "Do Nice Guys — and Gals — Really Finish Last? The Joint Effects of Sex and Agreeableness on Income," by Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012).
• EXTRAS:• Big Five Personality Inventory, by No Stupid Questions (2024).
• “Personality: The Big Five,” series by No Stupid Questions (2024).
• "Are You Suffering From Burnout?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).

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