Total for week: 105
(I've been reading the past two weeks, but forgetting to blog so I thought I should do a few blogs tonight.)
One thing you have probably noticed is that I love the lists that this book provides, it makes it very clear what they think you should do in nice lists. This book broke it down into five kinds of hard things that can change your world. The first one is things that take you outside your "comfort zone", which is taking risks to grow. This is a hard one for me, stepping outside of my comfort zone is difficult for me because it's hard to do things that you normally wouldn't do. The next one is doing things that go beyond what is expected or required, or pursuing excellence. This one is mainly what this whole book is about, getting rid of the low expectations of teenagers. The third one is things that are too big to accomplish alone-dreaming and daring big. For many people, dreaming big isn't the hard part, it's actually pursuing the big dream. The fourth one is things that don't earn an immediate payoff, or being faithful and choosing integrity. This past Sunday at my youth group we were talking about this and how many people choose the thing that will give them instant-gratification instead of waiting to do something. The last point is doing things that go against the cultural norm, or taking a stand for what is right. This is a teenager's nightmare; going against the crowd and doing something that is different is so hard for teens to do. Rejetion is hard for anybody, but especially teens, if we are rejected for doing something that isn't considered "cool" then that prevents us from trying it again, when it shouldn't.
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