Po Bronson Quotes

#1. I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.

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#2. Curiosity is a raw and genuine sign from deep inside our tangled psyches, and we'd do well to follow the direction it points us in.

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#3. I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that's kind of a gift to the author. The gift of close, undivided attention. To who else do we listen so closely for eight straight hours? And when readers give that gift to me, I'm grateful for it.

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#4. There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accomplish your goals instead of distracting you from them.

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#5. Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don't sell a lot. But they're both great.

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#6. Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that's active leisure.

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#7. People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love .

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#8. I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.

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#9. A Piece of writing has to seduce the reader, it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust

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#10. Children key off their parents' reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

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#11. As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

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#12. There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.

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#13. I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

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#14. The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to care about.

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#15. Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.

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#16. The emphasis on winning is preventing kids from learning how to pass, which is the skill they ultimately need at the highest levels. The proposed solution is for top youth players to play fewer games.

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#17. Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed my life.

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#18. It's not easy. It's not supposed to be easy. Most people make mistakes. Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once.

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#19. In taking our marital arguments upstairs to avoid exposing the children to strife, we accidentally deprived them of chances to witness how two people who care about each other can work out their differences in a calm and reasoned way.

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#20. Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever.

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#21. Write first. Worry about getting an agent or publisher later. Write it first. Prove you can do it and then others will listen. Tons of people talk about books they want to write. Far fewer are those who actually complete that vision. Don't be a talker.

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#22. Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.

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#23. Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don't end up being someone you don't want to be.

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#24. If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

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#25. We all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake will own you.

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#26. Love that has been tested is far more awe-inspiring than love that has never known anything but bliss.

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#27. We've all lost something along the way.

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#28. Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is blocked.

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#29. The more controlling the parent," Caldwell explained, "the more likely a child is to experience boredom.

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#30. How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if the infant initiates, whether the mom responds.

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#31. Educational television had a dramatic effect on relational aggression. The more the kids watched, the crueler they'd be to their classmates. This correlation was 2.5 times higher than the correlation between violent media and physical aggression.

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