Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

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Drawing from mindfulness, military case studies, sports psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he provides a roadmap for navigating life's challenges and achieving high performance that makes us happier, more successful, and, ultimately, better people.

Emphasize the journey, not just the destination: While achieving your goals is important, it’s equally essential to enjoy the process and appreciate the growth along the way. It can either go off at the slightest hint of fatigue or it can be taught to go off only when we are in real danger. In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. But you don't train firemen by sending them repeatedly into burning buildings and saying "The good ones will survive".Do Hard Things is the Harris twins' revolutionary message in its purest and most compelling form, giving readers a tangible glimpse of what is possible for teens who actively resist cultural lies that limit their potential. They all had stories of wanting to find a hole to step in or a curb to trip on in the middle of a race.

In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness dismantles the widely endorsed but damaging suggestion that toughness is about bulldozing your way through difficult situations. We’ve lost the ability to navigate our inner worlds, to sit with or navigate anything uncomfortable.Read this and find out why expressions like “tough love” and “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” have got it wrong when we embark on the journey to “Do Hard Things”.