Quotes by Po Bronson

Po Bronson

A conventional ‘success’ story is one where, with each next, the protagonist has more money, more respect, and more possessions. I’d like to suggest an alternative ‘success’ story – one where, with each next, the protagonist is closer to finding that spot where he’s no longer held back by his heart, and he explodes with talent, and his character blossoms, and the gift he has to offer the world is apparent.

Alternatives

Character

Heart

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader’s trust.

Pieces

Seducing

Writing

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.

Long

People

Weekend

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.

Giving Up

Goal

Path

Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that’s active leisure.

Leisure

Relaxation

Trying

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

I've Learned

Inspirational

People

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.

Book

Classroom

Horizon

But I’d rather help than watch. I’d rather have a heart than a mind. I’d rather expose too much than too little. I’d rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I’d rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

Heart

Mind

Watches

Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

Children

Discipline

Keys

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.

Curiosity

Psych

Tangled

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Alternatives

Awe Inspiring

Believe

Bliss

Book

Business

Careers

Changing The World

Character

Children

Choices

Classroom

Competition

Creative

Curiosity

Differences

Discipline

Effort

Energy

Giving

Giving Up

Goal

Grateful

Hard Times

Has Beens

Heart

Helping

Horizon

I've Learned

Important

Inspirational

Inspiring

Judging

Keys

Kids

Leisure

Lessons

Life

Lists

Long

Losing

Loss

Mean

Media

Mind

Mistake

Mom

Mother

Moving

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Quotes by Po Bronson

Po Bronson

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader’s trust.

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.

Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that’s active leisure.

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

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.

Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

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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