Harry Potter on Personal Development:: Choices Define Us

"It is our choices Harry, that define who we are; not our abilities." -Albus Dumbledore

Our society is a place of constant victomhood where people blame their failures on their own circumstances. If I had been born in a different place or to a wealthy family then my life would be different. If I was good at x-thing or had been born with x-skill then I would have more opportunity.

Harry learns very quickly in the book "The Chamber of Secrets," that he and his nemesis have a lot of...