Week 8: Chapter 7 — Hard Things That Require Together

1.Alex and Brett describe the fifth category of hard things as those that "require working with others" — collaboration, accountability, and the kind of teamwork that forces you out of independence and into genuine community. Why might this qualify as a "hard thing" in a culture that prizes individual achievement?

2.The authors are honest about the challenges of working with others — conflict, compromise, the slowness of consensus, the frustration of depending on people who let you down. Have you experienced any of these? What happened?

3.Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says "Two are better than one... For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow." What does this passage suggest about the design of hard things — that they were meant to be done in community, not alone?