Many so-called experts have counted this generation of teens out. They believe yours is a lost and hopeless generation. Opportunities to join gangs, sell drugs, waste time and talent, and make other crippling decisions are all around you. No, it is not easy being a teenager in America today. You want to be independent, yet you feel confined by your parents’ rules. You attend school but have no idea how this will really help you later in life.
Friends, dating, earning money, and choosing a future career may be important to you right now, but you don’t know where to begin. Here’s the good news: You are about to learn simple yet powerful ideas that will teach you how to take control of your life, regardless of what your circumstances are. You can make it around all the traps and live a successful life if you have the right blueprint. This book provides such a blueprint. If you understand and apply the principles and strategies I outline, you are virtually guaranteed to gain respect, success, and power in all the right ways.
If you take this information seriously, it can help you make sense of yourself and the world around you. This book will teach you:
The importance of loving yourself How to develop self-confidence How to prepare yourself right now for the future How to make good decisions How to choose friends How to manage your time The importance of aiming for excellence How to avoid major traps in life
To encourage cooperation between you and your parents, this book contains two parts. Part one has 10 chapters for you. Part two has five chapters designed to arm your parents with information to help you reach your highest potential.
a book not just for the youth….. I found so many meaningful and compelling task that makes one empower their own personal thoughts and actions. A way to think about how we handle ourselves as a person…. I love reading and interacting… Seeing my life on paper, expressing my feelings and taking an honest look at where I was to where I am. This is a good planning guide for the youth, so this will show them an avenue of how they may take a I depth look at how they perceive, plan and progress in life… Great work
A must read for every teen and their parents!!! I opened the book and could not put it down. Great read that has activities to inspire and empower youth to think outside the box towards a road of success. The examples used of troubled youth who empowered themselves to become successful adult is brilliant. I once was a troubled teen and I failed at life at a early age until I learned to have self love and the author Agyei Tyehimba explained this trait in such a way that it will wake up any teen. This book inspires those who identify a…
but loved this book My son hates to read, but loved this book. A lot of great information especially focused on African-American and Latino experiences that most teen face in everyday life. I loved the breakdown of subject matter and focused on the point of experiences instead of a lecture. It even had a lesson or advice for parents at the end. Being a parent who does not have all the answers, this book helped me to ask or provoke conversations that I didn’t think to ask before. No complaints, great read. I would…