
Thrivers
The underlying reasons behind our successes and failures
Young people growing up in the twenty-first century belong to a generation that is among the most loved in history, and the opportunities available to them are infinite, but many of them demonstrate unprecedented levels of fragility and unhappiness. Among the main reasons for this is a society devoted to competition and approval, and an educational style that focuses on academic success, forgetting to teach young people certain key character traits that are necessary for anyone to live peacefully. In her book Thrivers, Michele Borba explains what is happening to our young people, and provides a series of practical tips to help them develop the seven fundamental character traits that will help them become adults who are self-aware, autonomous, and equipped to overcome the struggles that are a part of normal life: self-confidence, empathy , self-control, integrity, curiosity, perseverance and optimism.
