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"While the message that you don't have to conform to society's expectations of who you are is great, the execution is clumsy. The characters are almost entirely male, except for Skylake (who is a girl disguised as a boy). The other girls ("she-elfs") "
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“True Confidence Is Quiet; Insecurity Is Loud”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
“Research consistently shows that tougher individuals are able to perceive stressful situations as challenges instead of threats. A challenge is something that’s difficult, but manageable. On the other hand, a threat is something we’re just trying to survive, to get through. This difference in appraisals isn’t because of an unshakable confidence or because tougher individuals downplay the difficulty. Rather, those who can see situations as a challenge developed the ability to quickly and accurately assess the situation and their ability to cope with it.”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
“We tell our children to believe in themselves, without explaining how to develop that belief. We’ve fallen for the Instagram version of confidence, emphasizing the projection of belief, instead of working on the substance underneath. We need a new approach to building confidence, one focused on the inside.”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
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