Peter Pan Syndrome

Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success
by Tom Eisenmann
Published 29 Mar 2021

“Managing at scale”: Horowitz, The Hard Thing, p. 193. VC Fred Wilson estimates: Fred Wilson, “MBA Mondays: Turning Your Team,” AVC blog, Aug. 12, 2013. Some founder/CEOs: Steve Blank, “The Peter Pan Syndrome: The Startup to Company Transition,” Steve Blank blog, Sept. 20, 2010. The phrase was first applied to grown men who behave in a childlike manner by Dan Kiley, The Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1983). Venture capitalist John Hamm: John Hamm, “Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Scale,” Harvard Business Review, Dec. 2002. According to research by Yeshiva: Wasserman, Founder’s Dilemmas, p. 299.

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Likewise, the odds of selecting the wrong individual rise when a CEO has limited prior experience with that mission-critical function, both because she doesn’t know what to look for in a candidate and she lacks a professional network rich with potential hires. CEO Succession. Some founder/CEOs of late-stage startups are afflicted with what Steve Blank calls the “Peter Pan Syndrome”—they don’t want to grow up. Such founders long for the chaotic rhythms, camaraderie, and scrappiness of the venture’s early days and seek to relive them by focusing their energy on new initiatives that they can build from scratch—even when their team should be driving hard to improve and expand the existing business instead.

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins
Published 1 Jan 1982

They are intended only as light-hearted illustrations of the kind of thing that might go on (see also Ewald, 1980, who draws attention to the medical significance of this kind of thinking). All I really need to establish is that in some examples host symptoms can properly be regarded as parasitic adaptation; say, for instance, the Peter Pan syndrome in Tribolium induced by protozoan-synthesized juvenile hormone. Given such an admitted parasite adaptation, the conclusion I wish to draw is not really disputable. If host behaviour or physiology is a parasite adaptation, there must be (have been) parasite genes ‘for’ modifying the host, and the host modifications are therefore part of the phenotypic expression of those parasite genes.

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Lonely Planet Best of Hawaii
by Lonely Planet

Camping is allowed only with an advance county permit. Hanalei Town This pint-sized town will enchant you; take a yoga class, snack on sushi, shop for chic beach gear, vintage treasures and stunning art, or duck into a world-class dive bar. Sure, Hanalei has more than its share of adults with Peter Pan syndrome, and you’ll see as many men in their sixties waxing their surfboards as you will groms with ‘guns’ (big-wave surfboards). Which begs the query: why grow up at all when you can grow old in Hanalei? Waiʻoli Huiʻia Church A popular site for quaint church weddings, the original Waiʻoli Huiʻia Church was built by Hanalei’s first missionaries, William and Mary Alexander, who arrived in 1834 in a double-hulled canoe.

Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
by Douglas Rushkoff
Published 21 Mar 2013

We have all stuck our heels in the ground at certain moments in our lives, attempting to slow the progress of time, only to get whipped back around to our real ages once we lose our grip. These temporal compressions generate an almost spasmodic movement through time, where the trappings of one moment overaccumulate and prevent our moving on to the next. It’s present shock as Peter Pan syndrome, where the values of youth are maintained well into what used to pass for adulthood. A growing number of names are emerging to identify these temporally compressed lifestyle choices. “Grup,” for example, is New York magazine journalist Adam Sternbergh’s new term for the aging yuppie hipster.

Discover Kaua'i Travel Guide
by Lonely Planet

The county has left the bridge as a historical landmark and, because of this, big trucks will never tear down any road in Hanalei or beyond (monster pick-up trucks excluded) and development has been kept at bay. Note: during times of heavy rains (November to March) the Hanalei Bridge can close due to flooding, and all those on either side are stuck until it reopens. For current bridge info call 241-1725. The surfer-chic town of Hanalei has more than its fair share of adults with Peter Pan syndrome and kids with seemingly Olympian athletic prowess. Take a stroll down beachfront Weke Rd and you’ll see men in their 60s waxing their surfboards and young ‘uns carrying their ‘guns’ (big-wave surfboards) to the beach. Without a doubt, beach life is the life here, and how sweet it is. A water enthusiast’s playground, Hanalei’s rivers, beaches, and ocean access offer a plethora of frolicking fun in the sun.

Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
by Ozan Varol
Published 13 Apr 2020

Recapturing our childlike curiosity can boost originality—and there’s plenty of research to back this up.22 Yet being told to think like a child can feel like being ordered to stay dry in a thunderstorm. Here’s the good news: You can capture a childlike curiosity without physically regressing to your childhood or developing Peter Pan syndrome. Reconnecting with your inner child might be as easy as pretending to be a seven-year-old. This suggestion sounds bizarre, but it works. In one study, when participants were instructed to imagine themselves as seven-year-olds with free time, they performed better in objective tests of creative thinking.23 For this reason, the MIT Media Lab—devoted to “the unconventional mixing and matching of seemingly disparate research areas”—has a section called Lifelong Kindergarten.24 Minds are far more malleable than we assume.

Lonely Planet Kauai
by Lonely Planet , Adam Karlin and Greg Benchwick
Published 18 Sep 2017

Even if you aren't here for the waves, the beach will demand your attention with its wide sweep of cream-colored sand and magnificent jade mountain views. So will the pint-sized town where you may take a yoga class, snack on sushi, shop for chic beach gear, vintage treasures and stunning art, or duck into a world-class dive bar. Sure, Hanalei has more than its share of adults with Peter Pan syndrome, and you’ll see as many men in their sixties waxing their surfboards as you will groms with ‘guns’ (big-wave surfboards). Which begs the query: why grow up at all when you can grow old in Hanalei? Hanalei 1Top Sights 1Black Pot Beach Park (Hanalei Pier)C1 1Sights 2Hanalei BayB2 3Hanalei Beach ParkC1 4Hanalei Pavilion Beach ParkC3 5Waiʻoli (Pine Trees) Beach ParkA4 Waiʻoli Huiʻia ChurchB5 6Waiʻoli Mission HouseB5 2Activities, Courses & Tours Hanalei Beach BoysD4 Hanalei Surf CompanyC4 7Hawaiian Surfing AdventuresD4 8Kauai Outrigger AdventuresC1 Kayak HanaleiC4 Na Pali CatamaranC4 9Na Pali KayakD4 Pedal 'n PaddleC4 10Ride the UFOC4 11Titus Kinimaka's Hawaiian School of SurfingD4 Yoga HanaleiC4 5Eating BanandiC4 BarAcuda Tapas & WineC4 Big SaveC4 BouchonsC4 Bubba's BurgersC4 Chicken in a BarrelC4 Fresh BiteD4 Hanalei Bay PizzeriaC4 Hanalei Bread CompanyC4 12Hanalei Dolphin Restaurant & Sushi LoungeD4 13Hanalei Farmers MarketC4 Hanalei GourmetC4 14Hanalei Taro & Juice CoD4 Harvest MarketC4 Jo Jo's Shave IceC4 15KalypsoC4 16Live FireD4 Neide'sC4 17Pat's TaqueriaC1 18Pink's CreameryC4 19Postcards CaféD4 Tropical TacoD4 Trucking DeliciousD4 TurmericD4 Village Snack Shop & BakeryC4 6Drinking & Nightlife Aloha Juice BarC4 Iti Wine BarD4 20Tahiti NuiD4 3Entertainment 21Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar ConcertsC4 7Shopping Aloha From HanaleiC4 Art & SoulD4 BackdoorC4 Barn 808D4 Bikini HanaleiB4 Bikini RoomC4 Black Pearl Ching Young StoreC4 22Ching Young VillageC4 Chocolat HanaleiC4 Crystals and Gems GalleryC4 Hanalei BoutiqueC4 23Hanalei CenterC4 Hanalei PaddlerC4 Hanalei StringsC4 Hanalei Surf CompanyC4 HavaikiC4 Hula Beach BoutiqueC4 Hula MoonC4 I Heart HanaleiD4 Kokonut KidsC4 MālieD4 24Mark Daniels GalleryB4 Ola'sD4 On the Road to HanaleiC4 PualaniD4 RootC4 Sand PeopleC4 Surfboard Swap MeetC4 Yellowfish Trading CompanyC4 1Sights Waiʻoli Mission HouseHISTORIC BUILDING ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; hguided tours 9am-3pm Tue, Thu & Sat) Guided tours of the historic Waiʻoli Mission House are currently available for walk-in visitors (no reservations).

San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
by Michael Shellenberger
Published 11 Oct 2021

“As children receive trophies and praise for mere participation rather than achievement,” noted researchers, “they value these rewards less, perform worse and are more likely to suffer from depression.”45 And many young men took longer to grow up, which some psychologists describe as the “primary neurosis” of our time. We give the phenomenon names like “man-child,” and “Peter Pan syndrome,” and “apathy.”46 Additionally, children today spend less time on self-directed creative play, as opposed to time spent with electronic devices, or in structured activities organized by adults. Less free play means children are “deprived of opportunities to ‘dose themselves’ with risk,” notes a psychologist.

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations With Today's Top Comedy Writers
by Mike Sacks
Published 23 Jun 2014

And of course each of us has his or her own way of doing this, his or her own set of issues that tend to throw the bike off balance, and then ways of rebalancing it along whatever axis is ours. The most popular types of characters in comedy these days seem to be adults unwilling to grow up. This is common in Hollywood, as well as in literature. The eternal teen. But your characters tend to be real adults who are doing their best to live, struggling mightily. There’s no Peter Pan Syndrome at work. I think I had a little advantage in this, in that I didn’t really get started until I already had a regular life—a job, a wife, two kids—so the idea of eternal youth had flown. And it had flown for good reason, by which I mean: I was totally on board with it having flown. I didn’t feel reduced or compromised by having a job and family.

The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
by Steve Stewart-Williams
Published 12 Sep 2018

It has survived worries that one might lose one’s marriage, one’s children, or even one’s livelihood over an adulterous affair that won’t stay hidden. And it has survived pop psychological attempts to stigmatize men’s desire for casual sex by blaming it on psychosocial immaturity, psychological maladjustment, repressed homosexuality, low self-esteem, fear of commitment, a Peter Pan syndrome, misogyny, male entitlement, toxic masculinity, and rape culture. Meanwhile, women’s greater reticence about casual sex has survived the efforts of some feminists and other thought leaders to persuade women to cast off the shackles of patriarchy and match men in the casual sex arena. This is all rather awkward for the Nurture Only theory.

Hawaii
by Jeff Campbell
Published 4 Nov 2009

Give the shaka sign (‘hang loose’ hand gesture, with index, middle and ring fingers downturned) as thanks to any opposite-direction drivers who have yielded. * * * Return to beginning of chapter HANALEI pop 480 The surfer-chic town of Hanalei has more than its fair share of adults with Peter Pan syndrome and kids with seemingly Olympian athletic prowess. A stroll down beachfront Weke Rd and you’ll see men in their 60s wax their surfboards and young ’uns carry their ‘guns’ (ie big-wave surfboards) to the beach. Without a doubt, beach life is the life here. Orientation & Information Hanalei has no bank, but there is an ATM in the Ching Young Village’s Big Save supermarket.

Hawaii Travel Guide
by Lonely Planet

But even if you aren’t here for waves, the beach, with its wide sweep of cream-colored sand and magnificent jade mountain views, will demand your loving attention. When beach time is done, stroll around the pint-sized town, take a yoga class, snack on sushi or duck into a grass-shack tiki dive bar. It’s true that Hanalei has more than its fair share of adults with Peter Pan syndrome and kids with seemingly Olympian athletic prowess. You’ll see as many men in their 60s waxing their surfboards as you will groms with ‘guns’ (ie big-wave surfboards). Which begs the query: why grow up at all when you can grow old in Hanalei? Hanalei 1Top Sights 1Black Pot Beach Park (Hanalei Pier)C1 1Sights 2Hanalei Pavilion Beach ParkB2 3Hanalei Beach ParkC1 4Waiʻoli (Pine Trees) Beach ParkA3 5Waiʻoli Huiʻia Church & Waiʻoli Mission HouseB3 2Activities, Courses & Tours Hanalei Surf CompanyC3 6Hawaiian Surfing AdventuresC3 7Kauai Outrigger AdventuresC1 Kayak HanaleiC3 Na Pali CatamaranC3 8Na Pali KayakC3 Pedal 'n PaddleC3 Snorkel DepotC3 9Titus Kinimaka's Hawaiian School of SurfingC3 Yoga HanaleiC3 4Sleeping 10Garden Surf CottageB3 11Hale ReedC2 12Hanalei Dolphin CottagesC3 13Hanalei InnA3 14Hanalei Surfboard HouseB3 15Hanalei Vacation HouseC3 5Eating BarAcuda Tapas & WineC3 Big SaveC3 Chicken in a BarrelC3 16Hanalei Dolphin Restaurant & Sushi LoungeC3 17Hanalei Farmers MarketB3 Hanalei GourmetC3 18Hanalei Taro & Juice CoC3 Harvest MarketC3 19Pat's TaqueriaC1 Pink's CreameryC3 20Postcards CaféC3 Village Snack Shop & BakeryC3 6Drinking & Nightlife Hanalei Coffee RoastersC3 21Tahiti NuiC3 3Entertainment 22Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar ConcertsB3 7Shopping aFeinberg GalleryC3 BackdoorC3 Bikini RoomC3 23Ching Young VillageC3 24Hanalei CenterC3 Hanalei Surf CompanyC3 HavaikiC3 I Heart HanaleiC3 Kauai Nut RoastersC3 On the Road to HanaleiC3 rBeaches Well-known for being filmed in The Descendants, Hanalei Bay is easily Kauaʻi’s most famous beach and for good reason.