Non-fiction Picks for Teen Leaders
Discover top non-fiction books for teen leaders! Our curated list features inspiring reads to empower young minds with leadership skills, confidence, and success strategies.
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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
by Sean Covey
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book. An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond.
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Life Strategies For Teens
by Jay McGraw
Offers ten essential strageties to help teenagers take control of their lives and make the journey to adulthood a fulfilling one.
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Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens
by Spencer Johnson
Help a teen you know deal with the changes in his or her life with the book that has helped so many others. ?Cheese? is a metaphor for what you want in life and the book gives teens a fun vocabulary and way to understand change and move forward in their lives.
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff
by Jack Canfield
This latest offering in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soulseries explores a host of challenges faced by today's teens. Within itspages teens will find portraits of life's complexities expressed from theviewpoint of their peers. Teen contributors share their thoughts and feelings ondifficult issues, ranging from poor self-image to thoughts of suicide, fromfamily discord to coping with the loss, from peer pressure to school violence. Teens ranked stress as one of their top concerns (along with child abuse andSTDs). Oftentimes, the pressure can feel overwhelming, whether they involveworrying about an upcoming test, competition sports, family responsibilities,dating, or more extreme issues such as depression, suicide and school violence. The first three volumes of the Teenage Soul series and the companionjournal illustrate the ongoing popularity of this series (unit sales exceed 11million). Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff and the Spring2001 release Teenage Soul Letters will undoubtedly follow suit as thenext best-sellers in a phenomenally popular series.
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul's the Real Deal : Friends : Best, Worst, Old, New, Lost, False, True, and More
by Jack Canfield
Friends. You gotta have 'em, but sometimes they drive you crazy. You love 'em, but sometimes they make you mad. They'll help you through a crisis...unless they are the crisis. So What's the Deal? Friends are more than just the people you hang out with. They make you laugh, they keep your secrets, they offer advice (some good, some bad), they give you a shoulder to cry on. Sometimes they move away, or betray your trust, or flake out, but mostly they are the people who are always there for you. And they know you'll be there when they need you most. Because that's what it means to be a friend. Sometimes friendship is overwhelming, sometimes it's confusing, sometimes you feel like you don't have a friend in the world, but don't worry, it's like that for everyone. That's what the stories in this book are all about. They're from real teens, and they're about the bizarre, difficult and wonderful things that really happened to them and their friends. Put that together with weird facts, cool graphics, fun advice and quizzes designed to help you figure out what you and your friends are all about, and you've got the real deal on friendship!
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Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens
by Julie Morgenstern
Offers advice to teens on organizing bedrooms, lockers, backpacks, drawers, closets, and photographs in addition to creating realistic schedules that include time for school, activities, and fun.
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The Ant and the Elephant
by Vince Poscente
A renowned speaker, business consultant, record-setting speed skier and Olympian, Vince Poscente believes in the enormous potential of the unconscious mind. Poscente likens the dynamic between the conscious and subconscious minds to an ant and an elephant: "Our minds are separated into two distinct functions -- the conscious and subconscious elements. Our ant is the intentional part of the brain, but our elephant is the instinctual, impulsive part of the brain that houses emotions and memories and even guides the body to perform vital functions. While we tend to know our conscious minds -- our ants -- rather well, we often overlook the power of our elephantine subconscious minds. When we do, unfortunately, we squander a wellspring of human potential." Having seen too many books focused on what a problem or solution is and too few focused on how to solve the problem, Poscente, with his trademark wit, wisdom and steely resolve, created The Ant and the Elephant -- Leadership for the Self: A Parable and Five-Step Action Plan to Transform Workplace Performance.
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What Smart Students Know
by Adam Robinson
Argues that smart students have a different attitude about school and learning, and offers advice on taking notes, studying, preparing for tests, and writing papers.
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Twelve Choices - that Lead to Your Success
by David Cottrell
This book is about success ... how to achieve it, keep it, and enjoy it ... by making better choices. And you can make the choice to begin accomplishing your goal.
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Conversations with Uncommon Women
by Ellie Wymard
Highlights women who have overcome a variety of challenges to master a field and who have turned activities that they love into thriving careers
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Getting Straight A's
by Gordon W. Green
This is a proven system for achieving excellence in college and graduate school by becoming test-wise and making the system work for you. The methods presented here apply to any subject or discipline and will accommodate almost any personal lifestyle.
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Influence (rev)
by Robert B. Cialdini
"Learn the six psychological secrets behind our powerful impulse to comply." - cover.
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What Teens Need to Succeed
by Peter L. Benson
Describes forty "developmental assets" that teenagers need to succeed in life, such as family support, positive peer influences, and religious community, and suggests ways to acquire these assets.
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Life Lists for Teens
by Pamela Espeland
Hundreds of lists provide guidance in areas of young adult life as diverse as selecting a book or a hair color to selecting a mentor.
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GirlWise
by Julia DeVillers
The Ultimate Teen Girl Bible What do you do when . . . you're at the lunch table and you knock your soda over into someone's lap? Or, you need a job? You hate your clothes? You're broke? Inside, more than 100 experts tell you how to deal with these problems and so much more. GirlWise is one-stop shopping for all the stuff you want to, you need to, you MUST know! GirlWise includes contributions by: • Hillary Carlip, author of Girl Power • Atoosa Rubenstein, editor-in-chief of CosmoGIRL! • Nancy Gruver, publisher of New Moon • Laura McEwen, Publisher of YM • Marci Shimoff, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul • Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries • Brandon Holley, editor-in-chief of ELLEgirl • Isabel González, senior associate editor of Teen People You'll find great tips from experts in fashion, business, etiquette, sports, and more to help you become the Ultimate Teen Girl—confident, capable, comfortable, cool, conscious, and taking control of your life. No more helpless females here!
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Smart Speaking
by Laurie Schloff
For readers who wish they could speak more clearly, break into conversations, and keep their cool in front of a group, Fortune 500 speech consultant Laurie Schloff and her co-author help solve these and scores of other common problems with this concise, easy-to-use guide.