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 enlarge | Authors: Alex Harris, Brett Harris
Creator: Chuck Norris
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  81 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 1601421125
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.83
EAN: 9781601421128
ASIN: 1601421125
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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Join the Rebelution! April 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris is a must-read for all teens and their parents. The first paragraph reads,
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.
Well, we do.
These two boys have walked the walk. They moved across country when they were only sixteen to intern at the Alabama Supreme Court. At seventeen, they directed the grass-roots campaign for Alabama state politicians. They "recruited teenagers at almost every level of the capaign and encouraged them to take on high-level responsibility.... By the time the campaign was over, teens had not only worked tousands of hours on the campaign, but had also put together the largest grass-roots operation in any Alabama race that season."
What did you do last summer?
These nineteen-year-old homeschooled twins want to challenge their entire generation to do "hard things." Society doesn't expect much from teens, but that doesn't mean teens aren't capable. Alex and Brett want to challenge you to change the world. "It's about something God is doing in the hearts and minds of our generation.... It's about rebelling against low expectations."
Join the Rebelution!
Thoughts from a twenty-something on a challenging book April 18, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
"This is what we call the Rebelution: throwing off the shackles of lies and low expectations and returning our generation to a true and very exciting understanding of the teen years--not as a vacation from responsibility but as a launching pad for the rest of our lives."
~Alex and Brett Harris~
I pre-ordered several copies of this book, knowing it would be above average. It finally came, and indeed, it's not your everyday book written by teens. (Um, there aren't many of those, are there? Let's say it's not your everyday book, period.)
In the book, the Harris twins offer an expanded, in-depth look at the rebelutionary concept of doing hard things. They talk about the myth of adolescence and the potential the teen years hold. They detail five kinds of Hard Things. And they show practical ways they can be accomplished. Much of the content is familiar to me since it's similar to articles on their blog, but it's great to have a book-length look at Doing Hard Things.
It's challenging. Maybe especially to those of us already past our teen years who know we could be doing more, striving for bigger and better things, and we don't even have the excuse of being teenagers anymore. Of course, part of the whole point of the book is that being a teen is no excuse, and that they should and can rebel against low expectations. But the Do Hard Things mindset is something all Christians should have. It's just incredibly sensible, useful, fulfilling, and possible to do so at an early age.
The stories are probably the most challenging parts of the book, since they are real-life (historical and modern) examples of teens doing real-life hard things from overcoming sickliness, buying and learning to use recording equipment, running political campaigns, beating procrastination (ouch!), designing top-quality survey programs, captaining ships, and more. Alex and Brett also do a consistent, thoughtful job of backing their points with Scripture, making their message all the more powerful.
I'm not quite finished with the book. It's a good length. The cover design is really cool. It has an intro by Chuck Norris, if that interests anyone. (Half a year ago, I had no clue who this cool guy was who got all the jokes made about him..."You don't know who Chuck Norris is?!?!?" was usually followed by uninformative silence. Now I know he's a real person, not some mythical character, and I chiefly think he's cool because he's a Christian and admires the Harris twin's character and message.)
These guys have a message that is changing lives because of its grounding in truth. I think God is using it to change mine, and only time and effort will tell where He'll take me next.
Awesome! April 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a youth pastor, I am always looking for any kind of tool to turn up the fire in the lives of our youths. Do Hard Things, by Alex and Brett Harris (Multnomah), is one of the most powerful books for teens to come along in decades. If you want to see your teen supercharged for Christ, get this book into their hands!
Book Review: Do Hard Things April 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A book for teenagers, about teenagers, by teenagers.
Ok, don't stop reading now just because I posted the generalities of this book.
Why?
Because, I wish every teen in America, scratch that... the world, could get a copy of this book placed in their hands. I wish I would have had something like this placed in my own hands when I was a teenager. I gave up in my senior year in high school and just did what I had to do to get by in my classes, etc. Had I kept pushing forward, I could have graduated a semester early. Instead I took the laid back approach and just did what I could to get by. My GPA probably would have improved, it wasn't bad but it wasn't overly spectacular either.
The authors of this book are twin brothers who are striving to make a difference in the lives of teenagers today. Honestly, I don't like the word "teenager" because the word conjures up images of recklessness, carelessness, slothfulness, and many others. Why is that? The twins hit on this and I couldn't agree more... to paraphrase... "society as a whole has set them up to be this way". We've took away their responsibilities, etc. and gave them mundane tasks such as making their beds, taking out the trash, etc. as their sole responsibilities. Don't get me wrong, those are good chores to have but they need a little something more that challenges them. They are just a younger version of an adult and they need to be challenged if they are going to grow.
The book does just that, it challenges them to step out on a limb, take a challenging task and show that it can be done... by a "teenager" nonetheless. Their are examples throughout the book of this very thing being done. They challenge the readers to take that initial first step and do something that they would consider hard and do it right while having fun and learning at the same time.
Have you ever done something that you thought was impossible? Nothing is impossible with God and the authors expound on this. The book is written with a Christian overture to encourage their fellow teenagers. I realize not everyone is a Christian but they don't have to be to read this book... they may become one though by the witnessing that occurs in the book.
I will say that I prefer the King James version of the Bible and the scripture references throughout the book uses the NIV. The NIV is missing specific scriptures so I can't recommend the book in that regard but the overall message of the book I can recommend it on. I hope it will encourage young people to be truly all they can be ... and more.
BY: Laura Williams of Laura Williams' Musings
A must read book for this generation... April 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book needs to be in the hands of every teen you and I know. The wisdom and fire that Alex and Brett Harris have really comes through in the words of this book.
Chock full of amazing examples of teens doing "rebelutionary" things, this book doesn't just tell you that no one is ever too young (or too old) to do the "hard things" in life, it shows you!
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