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Leadership of Firstborns
Dr. Kevin Leman, in Homemade, November, 1987
Leadership of Firstborns
Dr. Kevin Leman, in Homemade, November, 1987
Firstborns gravitate toward positions of leadership because that was their position in the family. When there's a family crisis, everyone tends to depend on the firstborn. They are perfectionists. They excel in structured occupations and prefer orderly lives. They're reliable, conscientious, punctual, and goal-oriented, and they love to make lists. The male firstborn is likely to be a calculating, controlling type who keeps his feelings to himself. He becomes an architect, an engineer, an accountant, a writer. Paradoxically, firstborns are more creative than laterborns. Show me a really good artist, and I'll show you a firstborn.