In the excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother as published in the Wall Street Journal, Amy Chua writes:
On the flip side, there’s nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn’t.
While there’s a lot in her article I completely disagree with, that’s one of the lines I think is completely on the money, for both children and adults. At least, it’s very true for me…although that may be saying more about my personality than my views.