Have you ever reflected on which books, movies, and media literally shaped your personality? And what if the most isolating moments of being an underdog actually equipped you with confidence and social skills? This week on the What a Gift podcast, hosts Sarah and Jule dive into two crucial sources of personal development: the influential Foundational Texts that informed their personalities and the surprising gift of becoming an Underdog

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The Gift of Foundational Texts:

In this episode of What a Gift, Sarah and Jule begin their dive into foundational texts, which they define as the crucial books, movies, and media that have truly informed their personalities and shaped their paths.Personal foundational texts are highlighted, such as the Disney princess Belle, whom Jule admired as a bookworm who saw "the charm beneath the layers of the beast". Jule also details the impact of literary adaptations like Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and the five-hour BBC Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth, which she calls "major" other than the Bible.

The Gift of Underdogs

Jule presents the theme of being an underdog, a concept she relates to growing up in a Navy family which required moving every two years. Sarah shares her similar underdog experience of being homeschooled from kindergarten through 8th grade before transitioning to a huge public high school with classes of 400 kids in ninth grade. She had planned for the day for so long, even wearing her new American Eagle polo shirt and boot-cut jeans.

The Gift of Perspective (Closing Segment)

The episode concludes with the segment, "The Gift of Perspective," where the hosts dive into their personal archives. Sarah shares a journal entry from December 2004, the year before she entered high school. Jule offers a short, philosophical Facebook status from October 1, 2011. The status reads: "Pretty is what you are, beauty is what you do with it". The hosts also comment on the reality of the American high school experience for their "overseas gifties," confirming that features like the yellow school bus and the cafeteria rejections are "100% true".

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