Ava P

“Doing hard things is how we exercise our bodies, our minds, and our faith. Small hard things are the individual repetitions—like a single push-up. They are seemingly insignificant by themselves but guaranteed to get results over time.”
― Alex Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

“And it’s not just in America. Countries around the world have developed names for young “adults”
― Alex Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

“Our uprising is against a cultural mind-set that twists the purpose and potential of the teen years and threatens to cripple our generation. Our uprising won’t be marked by mass riots and violence, but by millions of individual teens quietly choosing to turn the low expectations of our culture upside down.”
― Alex Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

“Isn’t that exactly what has happened? Entire industries—movie, music, fashion, fast food—and countless online services revolve around the consumer habits of, you guessed it, teens. With all this money and attention focused on teens, the teen years are viewed as some sort of vacation.”
― Alex Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations