What Do You Really Want?: How to Set a Goal and Go for It! A Guide for Teens (Revised & Updated Edition)

Help teens take control of their goals and achieve what they really want with this updated edition of a popular guide.

Setting and sticking to goals can ease stress and anxiety, boost concentration, and make life more satisfying. This updated and revised edition of a trusted step-by-step guide helps teens articulate their goals and put them in writing, set priorities and deadlines, overcome obstacles, build a support system, use positive self-talk, celebrate successes, and more.

Updated with new and inspiring stories from teens pursuing their goals, easy-to-use tips for setting and reaching goals, and information on using technology tools to aid in goal setting, the book also includes downloadable forms to use in goal-setting activities.

Key features:

• Includes twenty printable forms to aid in identifying values, setting timelines, learning from other goal setters, and more
• Includes resources (books, organisations, websites, and apps) to use as guides and inspiration
• Previous edition sold 50,000 copies!

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"Whether your goal is to buy your own car, pass your algebra class or travel around the world, you need this book!  Goals will help you get where you want to go,  and this book will teach you the what, why and how-to's and guide you every step along the way.  Don't be surprised to find yourself returning to this resource again and again!"
- Marcia Ballinger, PhD, Author of The 20-Minute Networking Meeting

"Bev Bachel has created a fun and easy-to-follow how-to guide to motivate teenagers to think big while building the day-to-day lifelong tools of personal discipline and realistic action. As I read, I found myself thinking, ‘I can, and should, be doing that!’ Fun, with dabs of rigor, organization, and accountability."
- Larry Pogemiller, Minnesota Commissioner of Higher Education and former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader