There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process. β¨ The Last Lecture. Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.
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- Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams. β¨ YouTube Channel Carnegie Mellon University/Ra β¦ βΆ
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- All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: We worked hard at it.
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