“Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy; others elicit our sex appeal and dominance. In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers. We come to live up to or down to the expectations others have of us.” PeopleWayMadeSexLeaderGroupsIdentityExpectationsTreatsPraiseAppealsShyFollowersDominanceSex AppealMistreat Book:The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil Source: The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
“A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.” SaidPoliticalGroupsPositionExpectationsDisapproving Book:Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture Source: Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture
“The way we make money as a group is that we don't pay a lot for anything, and most of the stocks we buy have low expectations.” WayPayGroupsLowsExpectationsMaking MoneyLow Expectations Author:Joel Greenblatt