“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.” PeopleHelpingGoalPowerfulEffectsPressureAccomplishGreat ThingsSurroundPeersSurround YourselfPeer PressureAccomplish Your Goals Author:Po Bronson
“People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love .” PeopleWorkThriveConnecting Author:Po Bronson
“I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right.... People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are--and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined).” PeopleShouldRememberCareersCreativeParticularIndustrySucceedHotConvincedProductiveThriveShould IBusiness SuccessConnectingOne WordMantrasAdoptingCreative PowerHorizontalUnleashing Author:Po Bronson
“Testosterone is the hormone of collaboration and competition that, whenever we compete on a team, we collaborate with our teammates. And most of us in our daily life, to the extent that we have to compete with the rat race in the world out there, we're collaborating with other people at the same time. The two are hand in hand.” PeopleWorldTeamCompetitionDaily LifeCollaborationTeammateRat Race Author:Po Bronson
“A surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at all how he is on the tennis courts or on the Ping-Pong table. Even turning your competitiveness off when it's appropriate, when other people are not being competitive, to recognize that social circumstance and, you know, cool it. That's a crucial competitive skill.” PeopleLongCareCircumstancesTennisBeing The BestWeekendSurgeonsCompetitiveness Author:Po Bronson
“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.” PeopleEasyMistakeLessonsHardestSupposed To BeMaking MistakesPeople Make Mistakes Author:Po Bronson
“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.” PeopleHardChoicesCoursesDoubtChangedOvercomingHard TimesGood TimesPauses Author:Po Bronson
“As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.” PeopleInspirationalI've LearnedMiscellaneous Author:Po Bronson
“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.” PeopleWantWritingFirstsBookCan DoVisionWorryProveAgentsFewerPublishersYou Can Do ItTalkers Author:Po Bronson
