# Professor Melissa Schilling's book, "Quirky," is referenced

1 Faculty News October 6, 2019 ![Lifestyle Inquirer Logo 190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/lifestyle_logo_190x145.png?itok=iaTZgeuB)>

Excerpt from [Lifestyle Inquirer](https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/347528/transforming-our-self-efficacy-into-faith/) -- "[Melissa Schilling](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling), in her book, 'Quirky,' points to a high level of self-efficacy as one of the key factors in “serial breakthrough innovators”—the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Dean Kamen, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk."

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