“There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
Shalinidas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shalinidas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Business, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self help, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, and Young-adult
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