Emily Packer

“So it is possible that the twin epidemics among young people in the United States today, depression and violence, both come from this misbegotten concern: valuing how our young people feel about themselves more highly than how we value how well they are doing in the world. If”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

“after seven years of experiments, it was clear to us that the remarkable attribute of resilience in the face of defeat need not remain a mystery. It was not an inborn trait; it could be acquired.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life