Be known for what you do (more than for what you don’t). Without a doubt, pushing yourself to do more than is asked, expected, or required is nearly always a lonely choice. God Works Through Our Weaknesses to Accomplish His Big Plansģ.You Can’t Get to Success Without Risking Failure We’ve noticed that the fence that keeps us from breaking out of our comfort zones is nearly always built of fear–fear of weakness, discomfort, failure, humiliation. Things that don’t earn an immediate payoff.ĥ. Things that are too big to accomplish alone.Ĥ. Things that go beyond what is expected or required.ģ.

Things that are outside your comfort zone.Ģ. In Chapter 4, they delineate the five kinds of hard that outline the rest of the book. Regarding expectations, one education expert says, “Our current ceiling for students is really much closer to where the floor ought to be.” (36) They make the case that expectations can be powerful in one’s life, for good or for detriment, and they make the case that in the Bible, there is no category for “teenager” or “adolescent.”

The term “adolescence” literally means “to grow up.” (33) And our current culture is unfortunately over defined by the existence of teenagers and adolescence. They are the training ground of future leaders who dare to be responsible now.Ĭhapter 3 discusses the “Myth of Adolescence” reminding us that the term “teenager” was first documented in a Reader’s Digest issue in 1941. The teen years are not a vacation from responsibility. They define rebelution as “a teenage rebellion against low expectations.” (11) Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations.

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