Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that's active leisure. — Po Bronson Active Copy Share Image
It surprises me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice. — Po Bronson Choice Copy Share Image
I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me. — Po Bronson Change Copy Share Image
Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines. — Po Bronson Evolve Copy Share Image
The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to… — Po Bronson Care Copy Share Image
If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon — Po Bronson Chance Copy Share Image
It's not easy. It's not supposed to be easy. Most people make mistakes. Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more… — Po Bronson Easy Copy Share Image
I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support… — Po Bronson Believe Copy Share Image
People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love . — Po Bronson Connecting Copy Share Image
Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books… — Po Bronson Book Copy Share Image
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things. — Po Bronson I've learned Copy Share Image
Good competitive skills means not just to compete hard, but to selectively compete, to harness your energy for the things that matter… — Po Bronson Energy Copy Share Image
There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you… — Po Bronson Accomplish Copy Share Image
Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who… — Po Bronson Alignment Copy Share Image
Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There… — Po Bronson Amount Copy Share Image
“Failure's hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and… — Po Bronson Dangerous Copy Share Image
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.… — Po Bronson Heart Copy Share Image
Women are very good at judging the risk and don't want to waste time with losing. So not that they're not as… — Po Bronson Choices Copy Share Image
Write first. Worry about getting an agent or publisher later. Write it first. Prove you can do it and then others will… — Po Bronson Agents Copy Share Image
A conventional ‘success’ story is one where, with each next, the protagonist has more money, more respect, and more possessions. I’d like… — Po Bronson Alternatives Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right…… — Po Bronson Adopting Copy Share Image
A surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at… — Po Bronson Being the best Copy Share Image
You know, kids need to feel like they're not being drowned out by superior competitors and they'll make that connection that, with… — Po Bronson Application Copy Share Image
I can push myself and you can push yourself, but competing, we push ourselves a little farther and we bring out our… — Po Bronson Competing Copy Share Image
“Darling found that permissive parents don’t actually learn more about their child’s lives. “Kids who go wild and get in trouble mostly… — Po Bronson Child Copy Share Image
The important thing to know about playing to win and playing not to lose is that there are actually different neural networks… — Po Bronson Different Copy Share Image
Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. That’s how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book… — Po Bronson Book Copy Share Image
Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when… — Po Bronson Blocked Copy Share Image
We all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake… — Po Bronson Failure Copy Share Image
There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice. — Po Bronson Breaking away Copy Share Image
Curiosity is a raw and genuine sign from deep inside our tangled psyches, and we'd do well to follow the direction it… — Po Bronson Curiosity Copy Share Image
A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust. — Po Bronson Books Copy Share Image
Love that has been tested is far more awe-inspiring than love that has never known anything but bliss. — Po Bronson Awe Copy Share Image
The virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes… — Po Bronson Competing Copy Share Image
Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don’t sell… — Po Bronson Bestseller Copy Share Image
I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently… — Po Bronson Change Copy Share Image
I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that’s kind of a gift… — Po Bronson Attention Copy Share Image
“In one study, Cummings found that children’s emotional well-being and security are more affected by the relationship between the parents than by… — Po Bronson Child Copy Share Image
How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if… — Po Bronson Children Copy Share Image
