Tag: #Resilience
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Adolescence: More than Prom and Sparkly Dresses
When Jena Malone was a teenager, she didn’t care much about fashion or social events. Instead, she spent her time reading books, watching movies, and writing poetry. Although some of her classmates teased her for being different, Jena knew that there was more to adolescence than superficial things. Jena’s words are a reminder that adolescence…
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Keep Your Cool and Win: Lessons from Olympian Mark Spitz
In the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Mark Spitz was regarded as the most dominant swimmer in the world. He set a world record in almost every event he competed in, and was expected to win gold in all seven of them. However, during the 100-meter freestyle final, his goggles came off just as he…
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Adolescence: More than Prom and Sparkly Dresses
When Jena Malone was a teenager, she didn’t care much about fashion or social events. Instead, she spent her time reading books, watching movies, and writing poetry. Although some of her classmates teased her for being different, Jena knew that there was more to adolescence than superficial things. Jena’s words are a reminder that adolescence…