What is the last book you read?

The last book I read I actually finished just this afternoon. The title of the book was "The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho. It's about a boy in search of his personal legend' which takes him on a long journey across the desert only to have him return to a place familiar to him. What I got from this tale is that we must have faith and do whatever it takes to achieve our dreams. We will be tested. It will be difficult. But in the end, it will be worth all the trials and hard work. My favorite quote from the book comes close to the end. "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

That quote actually brought up an interesting memory. In high school, our softball coach was trying to change how he approached the team. He had realized that we were a collection of very different girls that he had been coaching the same way for years. That particular year, he asked us all to think about this question: How are you motivated? By the fear of failure, or the thrill of success? By the answer to this question alone, he knew whether we needed to be yelled at when we made a mistake or to hold our hand and talk us through it. The thrill of success is a much better feeling than the fear of failure. Think about it. What motivates you?