Cope / Whittaker / Woodman The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-85708-577-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, E-Book

Calling all teenagers--quit the moaning and startloving life!
Don't be a cliché. Don't stay in your bedroom grunting andgrumbling. How about getting motivated, energized and start makinga difference?! The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager teachesyou how to become your very best self--and how to figure outwho that is, exactly. The bestselling authors of The Art ofBeing Brilliant and Be Brilliant Everyday are experts inthe art of happiness and positive psychology and, with this newbook, you'll find your way to becoming brilliant at school, work,and life in general. Stay cool under all the pressures you'refacing, and plot a map for the future that takes you wherever it isyou want to go. Become proactive, determined, successful and mostimportantly: happy!
Fact: your life span is about four thousand weeks. It seems likea lot, but it's not. Complaining about life, homework, parents, andrelationships may be normal now, but don't let it become yourdefining trait. When you're forty years old and still moaning, abig chunk of your four thousand weeks have slipped by, and you'reno closer to happiness than you were as a teen. This book is aguide to starting the journey to your ideal life now,instead of wasting time being a drip.
* Discover the real you, and what you want out of life
* Stop moaning and get moving now, while there's plenty oftime
* Lose your bad habits before they become your personality
* Figure out how you want to contribute, and find a way to doit
The bottom line is this: it's easy to be the average version ofyourself, but is that really all you want? Don't you want toachieve something? Get started now. The Art of Being A BrilliantTeenager helps you figure out where you want to go, and how toget there. So, whether you're an ambitious teenager, a parent orteacher desperate to turn a down-beat teenager into a ray ofpositivity and delight, How to Be a Brilliant Teenager ishere to help.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cope, Andy

Whittaker, Andy

Woodman, Darrell

Bradley, Amy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
Getting Warmed Up 1
Soap on a Rope 6
Houston, We Have a Problem 10
Chemicals 15
Being Real 22
You Are You 35
Habits 42
Chasing Rainbows 46
Monkey Magic 56
Passion 61
Lush 74
X-Factor 80
Lift-Off 90
Comfort 95
Paradox 106
People 111
Impact 116
Thinking 118
Phone a Friend 126
Bouncebackability 130
Future 132
Stupidity 134
Heroes 142