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Author Harris, Alex, 1988-

Title Do hard things : a teenage rebellion against low expectations / Alex & Brett Harris.

Imprint Colorado Springs, Colo. : Multnomah Books, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  248.8 HARRIS    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 241 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235).
Contents Rethinking the teen years -- Most people don't -- A different kind of teen book -- The birth of a big idea -- Rumbling of a rebelution -- The myth of adolescence -- Exposing the low expectations that are robbing our generation -- A better way -- Reclaiming the teen years as the launching pad of life -- Five kinds of hard -- That first, scary step -- How to do hard things that take you outside your comfort zone -- Raising the bar -- How to do hard things that go beyond what's expected or required -- The power of collaboration -- How to do hard things that are too big for you to do alone -- Small hard things -- How to do hard things that don't pay off immediately -- Taking a stand -- How to do hard things that go against the crowd -- Join the rebelution -- Generation rising -- Creating a counterculture from scratch (and a dash of salt) -- A thousand young heroes -- Stories of new beginnings, impossible challenges and the teens who are living them -- World, meet your rebelutionaries -- Transforming your mission from a decision into a destiny -- Appendix: Do hard things, the gospel, and you.
Summary Nineteen-year-old twins Alex and Brett Harris challenge teenagers to reject the "low expectations" of contemporary culture and "do hard things" for God, discussing the Bible and five ways to transform oneself and work for social change.
Audience Young Adult Follett Library Resources
Source NBK 9/10 PPLY
Subject Self-realization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Adolescent psychology.
Added Author Harris, Brett, 1988-
ISBN 1601421125

 
    
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