Goals and Goal Setting – Setting and achieving goals, success and character education ideas

Self-Control for Teens

"The only thing we can control is ourselves.” Anonymous

Are you in control of your life?

Here is a short quiz to give you some perspective on how your thoughts and actions influence your world.

Self-Control Quiz
I control how I react to situations and events.
Yes_____ No _____
I control who I associate with.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what I choose to read.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what I do.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what I think about.
Yes_____ No _____
I control the positive or negative relationships I’m in.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what I eat.
Yes_____ No _____
I control my perspective of the future.
Yes_____ No _____
I control my positive or negative self-talk.
Yes_____ No _____
I control my goal setting, determination and enthusiasm.
Yes_____ No _____
I control how I react to others.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what I learn and which new things I will try.
Yes_____ No _____
I control what life lessons my failures teach me.
Yes_____ No _____
I control how I view new opportunities and change.
Yes_____ No _____
I control how I handle anxiety and frustration.
Yes_____ No _____

As you can see you, have a lot of control - if you choose to take advantage of it.

Here is a suggestion to help you positively take control of your future. Each week highlight one of the fifteen quiz statements and work to improve that area for the full week. The next week choose another topic and work on it. Continue this process until you have completed all fifteen topics. Repeat as needed.

This is YOUR life, YOUR goals, YOUR success!

You are a WINNER!

Goal Setting for Teens

Goal Setting for Students - An award winning book that teaches students how they can use the goal setting principles to take more responsibility for their education.

More information about the book's content.

Generation Y Website

This is business oriented website but it will give you an idea of how employers are getting ready for the influx of Generation Y (your teens) employees.

http://www.ourchangingworld.net

Character Development Ideas

Character development, life skills ideas from past Teaching Moments newsletters.

http://www.goalsettingforstudents.com/archives.html

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Teenagers Trends

Ypulse.com - Your teenagers are influenced by media and marketing experts. This website will give up-to-date, big-picture info about Generation Y (your teenagers). Great site to bookmark and refer back to often.

From their website "About Us" section

Ypulse.com reaches a highly influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as social marketers trying to reach youth.

Ypulse is one of the top 50 marketing blogs on Ad Age’s Power 150 List. The blog has been featured in several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company.

Anastasia is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens, teens and early twentysomethings. Her first book about teens and technology is called Totally Wired: What Teens And Tweens Are Really Doing Online, and was published by St. Martin's Press in March of 2007. Anastasia received a masters in journalism with a concentration in new media from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1999. She has worked for several internet and television brands including AOL, Oxygen and Current TV. She speaks frequently about youth and technology to corporate audiences as well as to educators and parents.

Websites - Homework Help

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