Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
By:
Alex Harris Brett Harris
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Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don't expect it to last. We do. – Alex and Brett
A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution."
A growing movement of young people is rebelling against the low expectations of today's culture by choosing to "do hard things" for the glory of God. And Alex and Brett Harris are leading the charge.
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.
Combating the idea of adolescence as a vacation from responsibility, the authors weave together biblical insights, history, and modern examples to redefine the teen years as the launching pad of life. Then they map out five powerful ways teens can respond for personal and social change.
Written by teens for teens, Do Hard Things is packed with humorous personal anecdotes, practical examples, and stories of real-life rebelutionaries in action. This rallying cry from the heart of an already-happening teen revolution challenges a generation to lay claim to a brighter future, starting today.
Follow Alex & Brett Online
www.TheRebelution.com
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Do Hard Things - Review - The book Do Hard Things is a tremendous read, which can be used in multiple areas of life with different audiences. The fact that it's written by 17-yr old twins is amazing. This book should be required reading in middle school and then reviewed in high school. It's a great reminder that the point of life is not convenience but taking on tough challenges and doing hard things. I am the father of 3 boys and this will be required reading at they get older.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Hard Made Easy -
Time has changed so radically in the past six decades that were one transported to today from the fifties, when a top song of the day was Elvis Presley's "You ain't nothin' but a houndog," the thought might occur to reproduce the tune to relate to the youth angst addressed in DHT.
Refreshingly, the title challenge runs cover to cover with testimonies replete of life-changing efforts that springboard what society deems as the 'uninitiated' initiating breathtaking leaps into gargantuan projects that any of the seasoned/aged veterans of social war would kill to have their name above.
Endearing and searingly transparent confessions expose even the wastelands from which some of the champions of these chronicled events hale, encouraging every reader to get off their duffs and do something impossible.
Perhaps the most remarkable slant is that with all the publicity, this work is still new and fresh, as is the website that exponentially rockets this movement, to young and old alike.
One wonders what the father of these two, who in fact can be rightfully honored with firing this race to the stars, thinks about DHT himself. Perhaps the answer will be noted in his next book ?
TL Farley,
author
When Now Becomes Too Late,
(Jesus eloping with His Bride)
&
Distant Reaches,
(True-life adventure)
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A parent must read! - This book is written by teens for teens about the low expectations society has on their age group. Honestly, I think this is a great book for parents, teachers and adult mentors. It helps us understand how we are really cheating our kids when we have little or no expectations for our children. I loved this book!
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
All of my children will read this book! - Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex and Bret Harris. $12.00 on Amazon.
Written by teens for teens Do Hard Things is must read for every parent and every teen. The teen years are not to be wasted on video games and merely staying out of trouble say Alex and Bret Harris. Rather the teen years are an awesome opportunity to take risks, accomplish great tasks, and do hard things.
Flying in the face of the manufactured adolescent culture of America Do Hard Things shows teens that God wants to use them now to make a positive impact on their world! There is no book I would recommend more heartily to teens and their parents than Do Hard Things! All of my children will read this book.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Written for Teens, But Helpful to Adults - This is a wonderful book for teenage character-building, but I think adults should read it to encourage us to expect more of teens, and younger children as well, and hold them to a higher standard. We want them to be more mature, but we don't expect them to be, and perhaps that's the reason they aren't.
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