Po Bronson
Best-Selling Author & Social Commentator
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How do we find our true calling, that place where we are emotionally fulfilled and our productivity explodes? In his book What Should I Do with My Life?, Po Bronson crosses the American landscape to find people who have succeeded in finding their calling, many after great difficulty. He describes their resolve, sacrifice, introspection and courage in the face of the overwhelming fears and misconceptions that lead many to make poor choices in their lives and livelihoods. These amazing life stories are inspiring, illuminating and entertaining.
In Why Do I Love These People? Bronson delves into the questions and issues surrounding families everywhere and helps unlock the essence of what it means to be a family in today's world. The book is a compilation of stories, taken from three years of research and interviews with hundreds of families. Why Do I Love These People? shows that family is not a dividing line, but a common ground.
Bronson's research with families has fueled his curiosity about the inner workings of the parent-child relationship and childhood development. This led to three in-depth exposés in New York Magazine and laid the ground work for his next book NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children (Twelve Books, September 2009), co-authored with Ashley Merryman. The articles, which explore the perils of heaping too much praise on your children, how sleep affects a child's performance and why children lie, won the magazine journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications.
Carrying out his dream of writing "what it is that must be written" has been a successful endeavor for Bronson, a publishing executive, former Wall Street executive and Wired feature writer who first came into national attention with his best-selling novel Bombardiers. With a satirical story of societal corruption and obsession with work that drew on his own experience as a bond salesman, Bronson wrote what is recognized as one of the best novels about business ever published and earned a reputation as a uniquely informed commentator on the way money can dictate social and cultural climates.
Following Bombardiers, Bronson shifted his gaze to the world of high technology with The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest. The San Francisco Chronicle applauded his work for "perfectly capturing the antic side of the Silicon Valley’s mad quest for money and fame," and noted Bronson's contribution in "raising the bar for successors trying to create the next killer novel." The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley was named one of the top nonfiction books of the year by USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times. The book was praised by The New York Times as an "engaging montage of Valley life" that highlights Bronson's "eye for detail and rare ability to spin the worlds of business and technology into entertaining stories."
At the podium, Bronson brings these stories to life. He reveals the ways in which individuals are challenging and changing the corporate, cultural, and economic landscape and finding their fulfilling niche within it. His uncanny ability to capture the motivations, desires, and personalities define their unique places in every aspect of modern culture. With wit, first-hand experience, and a journalistic appetite for the truth, Bronson delves into lives that are unique, fulfilling and inspirational. His presentations are like the life stories he chronicles: sometimes fun, sometimes moving, and always important and meaningful.
Po Bronson is originally from Seattle, Washington, and earned his Bachelor's Degree from Stanford University. He also holds an M.F.A. from San Francisco State University.
Interested in booking Po Bronson to speak at your next event?
In Why Do I Love These People? Bronson delves into the questions and issues surrounding families everywhere and helps unlock the essence of what it means to be a family in today's world. The book is a compilation of stories, taken from three years of research and interviews with hundreds of families. Why Do I Love These People? shows that family is not a dividing line, but a common ground.
Bronson's research with families has fueled his curiosity about the inner workings of the parent-child relationship and childhood development. This led to three in-depth exposés in New York Magazine and laid the ground work for his next book NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children (Twelve Books, September 2009), co-authored with Ashley Merryman. The articles, which explore the perils of heaping too much praise on your children, how sleep affects a child's performance and why children lie, won the magazine journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications.
Carrying out his dream of writing "what it is that must be written" has been a successful endeavor for Bronson, a publishing executive, former Wall Street executive and Wired feature writer who first came into national attention with his best-selling novel Bombardiers. With a satirical story of societal corruption and obsession with work that drew on his own experience as a bond salesman, Bronson wrote what is recognized as one of the best novels about business ever published and earned a reputation as a uniquely informed commentator on the way money can dictate social and cultural climates.
Following Bombardiers, Bronson shifted his gaze to the world of high technology with The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest. The San Francisco Chronicle applauded his work for "perfectly capturing the antic side of the Silicon Valley’s mad quest for money and fame," and noted Bronson's contribution in "raising the bar for successors trying to create the next killer novel." The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley was named one of the top nonfiction books of the year by USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times. The book was praised by The New York Times as an "engaging montage of Valley life" that highlights Bronson's "eye for detail and rare ability to spin the worlds of business and technology into entertaining stories."
At the podium, Bronson brings these stories to life. He reveals the ways in which individuals are challenging and changing the corporate, cultural, and economic landscape and finding their fulfilling niche within it. His uncanny ability to capture the motivations, desires, and personalities define their unique places in every aspect of modern culture. With wit, first-hand experience, and a journalistic appetite for the truth, Bronson delves into lives that are unique, fulfilling and inspirational. His presentations are like the life stories he chronicles: sometimes fun, sometimes moving, and always important and meaningful.
Po Bronson is originally from Seattle, Washington, and earned his Bachelor's Degree from Stanford University. He also holds an M.F.A. from San Francisco State University.
Interested in booking Po Bronson to speak at your next event?
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