38 Quotes by Po Bronson

I used to use business to make money. But I’ve learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.

Researchers have found that the more people focus on their odds of winning, the less likely they’ll go for it. But the more they focus on what they’ll win if they succeed, the more likely they’ll go for it.

I think when a reader reads a whole book – which takes six to ten hours – that’s kind of a gift to the author. The gift of close, undivided attention. To who else do we listen so closely for eight straight hours? And when readers give that gift to me, I’m grateful for it.

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.

The moral is to not set yourself goals which don’t leave you any freedom to maneuver.

In one study, Cummings found that children’s emotional well-being and security are more affected by the relationship between the parents than by the direct relationship between the parent and child.

Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don’t sell a lot. But they’re both great.

It bears repeating: the mental states needed to compete are not always socially palatable.

Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren’t obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.