STUFF YOU DONT WANNA LEARN THE HARD WAY
50 Visual Lessons for the Next Gen on self worth & relationships
Stuff You Don’t Wanna Learn the Hard Way by Kim Dsouza brings you 50 simple sketch-noted life lessons through two powerful sections:
You Start Winning When… &
You Know It’s Not Love When….
Packed with relatable moments, subtle humour, and unforgettable truths, this book helps you build self-worth, spot unhealthy relationships, and make wiser choices, without learning every lesson the hard way.
The sketches are intentionally imperfect. Drawn with a mouse rather than AI or professional illustration tools, they reflect a generation learning that self-worth comes from authenticity, not perfection.
Open any page and discover an insight that could change the way you see yourself, your relationships, and your future.
Looking for a meaningful gift for a teen or young adult? This book offers powerful lessons they’ll carry with them for years to come.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kim Dsouza is the founder of Freedom Hangout and Soar Girls Academy, which are youth inspirational platforms. As an entrepreneur and author, she enjoys creating resources that spark confidence, creativity, and purpose in the Gen Next. At her core, she believes that every person is precious and carries greatness, and her work is dedicated to inspiring that greatness within.
FROM THE BOOK
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Visual Thinking School, founded by Curious Piyuesh, is a Netherlands-based training and consulting organization dedicated to helping professionals communicate, teach, facilitate, and solve problems through visual thinking. The school specializes in Business Sketchnotes, Visual Storytelling, Graphic Facilitation, and Visual Facilitation Game Plays, enabling people to simplify complex ideas using drawings and visual frameworks.
Kim, this book is a beautiful example of how sketchnoting can go far beyond simply making information look visual. You have used sketches, metaphors, humour and handwritten thoughts to turn 50 life lessons into something that feels approachable, relatable and alive.
What I especially appreciate is that you have embraced the intentional imperfection of the drawings. The sketches don’t try to look overly polished or AI-perfect, and that is exactly what gives the book its personality. They feel human, honest and accessible.
From the cover to the chapter illustrations and the way the text and visuals work together, I can see your own voice coming through. That, to me, is one of the most important milestones in learning visual thinking: when you stop merely using a technique and start creating with your own voice.
As a mentor, this is the part that makes me the proudest, not that you created a book, but that you took the skill, made it your own, and used it to create something that can potentially touch the lives of many young people.
Congratulations!
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