Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

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And the voices that are asking teens to rise to meet this challenge are voices from their own generation. I get that sports are as much about the mental game as anything, but just not what I'm really looking for. I make breakfast and lunch most days and the three of us get in the kitchen together and tackle dinner. Magness even references Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in this section, and as someone who spent most of their career dealing with Maslow, it made this former teacher’s heart smile. Combating the idea of adolescence as a vacation from responsibility, the authors weave together biblical insights, history, and modern examples to redefine the teen years as the launching pad of life.

A growing movement of young people is rebelling against the low expectations of today's culture by choosing to "do hard things" for the glory of God. First, emphasizing core skills that aid performance, including confidence, goal setting, attention control, arousal control, imagery, self-talk, compartmentalization, and mental skills foundation. When life feels like it’s spinning out of control, or like the task you have in front of you is insurmountable, it’s easy to default to hopelessness.Do Hard Things is a master class in how to develop resilience, persistence and confidence under pressure.

To know if that pain is a warning that injury is imminent, or if that feeling of shame is an uninformed feeling that we should scroll on by.

Instead of fearing failure, “Do Hard Things” teaches us to embrace it, learn from it, and use it as a stepping stone towards success. Surprisingly I even liked his definition of toughness: “ Real toughness is experiencing discomfort or distress, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action. Do Hard Things is a recent book from an author of my favorite book about burnout (Peak Performance). We lose our minds, freaking out when someone holds a different view or asks us to do something that, ultimately, is a minor inconvenience.