Testosterone is the hormone of collaboration and competition that, whenever we compete on a team, we collaborate with our teammates. And most of us in our daily life, to the extent that we have to compete with the rat race in the world out there, we're collaborating with other people at the same time. The two are hand in hand.
Po BronsonWho you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you donโt end up being someone you donโt want to be.
Po BronsonWomen are very good at judging the risk and don't want to waste time with losing. So not that they're not as competitive, and certainly once they're in the race they're every bit as competitive, but they make that choice to compete in a more calculated way sensitive to the odds.
Po BronsonAllow 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.
Po BronsonWe all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake will own you.
Po BronsonThere was a culture that came out of the self-esteem movement which was don't anybody keep track of the goals. The kids keep track, but nobody keep track of the goals because we don't want the kids to have the experience of losing. And in depriving them losing, thinking it scarred them to lose, we made losing so taboo, so unspeakable, that we instead made losing more scary to kids, not less scary.
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