“Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and domesticated animals, plants of every sort, brooks and waterfalls, rocks and sand.” ChildrenAnimalEnvironmentGroupsRocksMy FriendsPlantSandUrbanPeersBrooksWaterfallsPeer GroupDomesticated AnimalsUrban Environment Author:Freeman Patterson
“I can't think of one great human being in the arts, or in history generally, who conformed, who succeeded, as education experts tell us children must succeed, with his peer group.” ThinkingHumansChildrenArtI CanSuccessHuman BeingsGroupsSucceedExpertsPeersPeer Group Book:A Circle of Quiet Source: A Circle of Quiet
“If the Russians have gone too far in subjecting the child and his peer group to conformity to a single set of values imposed by the adult society, perhaps we have reached the point of diminishing returns in allowing excessive autonomy and in failing to utilize the constructive potential of the peer group in developing social responsibility and consideration for others.” IfsChildrenValuesSocialResponsibilityGoneFailingGroupsReturnAdultsDevelopingConsiderationConformityAllowingPeersSocial ResponsibilityAutonomyConstructivePeer GroupConsideration For OthersDiminishing Returns Book:2 Wrlds Childhood Source: 2 Wrlds Childhood
“When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be called to the bench as well. . . .” ShouldWellsMotherFatherTroubleGroupsShould HaveGuiltyPeersPsychologistBenchesTherapistsGoatsPeer GroupPediatrician Book:American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie
“Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate Jack Bogle's index fund success in the United States. Every professional in the City knows that index funds should be core building blocks in any long-term investor's portfolio. Since 1976, the Vanguard index funds has produced a compound annual return of 12 percent, better than three-quarters of its peer group.” KnowsShouldLongStatesThreeTermUnitedCitiesUnited StatesGroupsBuildingReturnPercentInvestingFinancialBritishCoreBlockSubstanceLong TermFundGapsInvestorsQuartersContinuingRhetoricPeersCompoundsAnnualsHighlightsEmulateProvidersPortfoliosBuilding BlocksVanguardIndex FundsFinancial ServicesPeer Group Author:Jonathan Davis
“A new world of complex relationships and feelings opens up when the peer group takes its place alongside the family as the emotional focus of the child's life. Early peer relationships contribute significantly to the child's ability to participate in a group (and in that sense, society), deal with competition and disappointment, enjoy the intimacy of friendships, and intuitively understand social relationships as they play out at school, in the neighborhood, and later in the workplace and adult family.” WorldChildrenPlayFeelingsSchoolSocialEnjoyAbilityDealsFocusGroupsEmotionalAdultsCompetitionComplexesDisappointmentIntimacyNeighborhoodNew WorldPeersWorkplaceSocial RelationshipsPeer GroupComplex Relationships Author:Stanley Greenspan
“I see no advantages in aging whatsoever. You become shriveled. You become decrepit. You lose your faculties. Your peer group passes away. You sit in a room gumming your porridge. I don't see any advantage in this whatsoever.” LosesRoomsGroupsAdvantageAgingFacultyPeersPassing AwayPorridgeDecrepitPeer Group Author:Woody Allen
“The major changes that will be occurring within the new merged partnership are exciting in many ways. First, we will have the highest forecast distribution growth rate of any of the major MLPs. Second, our coverage will be above average for the same peer group with expected $1.1 billion of excess cash flow coverage through 2017 and the Access cash flows, along with our major new fee based projects continue to dramatically reduce exposure to commodity prices.” WayFirstsGrowthGroupsProjectsMajorsHighestFlowExcitingRateAverageExpectedAccessBillionsExcessCashPartnershipPeersCommodityDistributionExposureCoverageFeesForecastsCash FlowAbove AverageMajor ChangePeer GroupCommodity Prices Author:Alan Armstrong
“One thing you think about when you do get nominated is that there is a coalition of people that think you performed okay in the role. You start to think about how much of a blessing it is to have your peers and then people outside of your peer group to say bravo.” PeopleThinkingRolesOne ThingGroupsBlessingOkayPeersCoalitionsBravoPeer Group Author:Hosea Chanchez
“Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.” PeopleDreamMightGoalCareersGroupsFindingsRaisesShoesBarsPeersSchedulesWorldviewBoostRaising The BarPeer Group Author:Seth Godin
“Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that perpetuate this idea that fair is the ideal.” IdeasGroupsTvsFairsIdealsPressureMagazinesRacistPeersBillboardsAdvertsPeer Group Author:Nandita Das
“When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of people you know, and then you have some success, and it all goes away.” PeopleKnowsPlayYoungGroupsSceneNow And ThenPeersPeer Group Author:Adam Duritz