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How do I get my teenager interested in self-development?

Did you know that the most common reaction people have when being given a self-development book is resistance and hurt feelings?   Telling someone with a fixed mindset that they need to read Carol Dweck's book " mindset " tends not to go over well, s o, what's the solution? We've all heard "lead by example", but there must be some way to facilitate or speed up that growth, right? A s someone who cares deeply about self-improvement, I know how frustrating it can be when trying to share it with the ones we love and care about.  That’s why I created this blog in the first place: To highlight the different forms of media out there that can "mindsettertain". They say "you can lead a horse to the water but you can't make it drink" - I say bullshit. Sure, sometimes you have to make the water a little sweeter to entice those horses, or maybe add a bit of salt to their meals first to make them thirstier, but I beli