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Summary: Simply not detailed enough
Review: Just from skimming through the book I saw that the life laws were important. I recognized my family's and my friend's behavior in Jay McGraw's words.
Inspired, I read more deeply into the book and found, to my dismay, that it was poorly written. The 'life laws' are vague. From the get-go I understood that they were important, complicated factors of life that could not just be explained in two words or a catchy phrase. I hoped that the author would make up for that by going into deeper detail about them and how to twist them to your advantage. Sadly, I was wrong.
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Summary: worth every cent!!!
Review: k this book is the only book ive read twice!!!! it rules it really helped me sort my life out!!! i totally reconmed it!!! but u have to be willing to have it help u and have to pay attention while reading it to get all the benefits!!!! but i love it it's really worth it!! good luck
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Summary: Life Strategies for Teens
Review: Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw is a nonfiction book. In it the author talks from his own experiences and shares his own stories, as well as stories from other teens. One of the rules of life he suggests is: you need to "get it" which simply means in order to succeed in life you need to understand life. The one thing that I took out of this book was that you shouldn't let people walk all over you. Don't be a door mat.I could definitely relate to the things that the author talked about in the book. I have also done some of the things that the book talked about. For example, it tells you about denial. I used to be in denial about my life. I liked this book a lot. It was very good. I didn't really have a favorite part. I thought the whole thing was really good. I would not want to change any part of it. I would definitely recommend this book. Someone who doesn't really like to read story books, would like this book.
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Summary: He could poop in a cover and this would sell
Review: Look, the kids Dad is Dr. Phil. And good ol Dad constantly promotes his son's book on the TV show. By the way, this kid would never get published if it weren't for his Father's pull. Now this pampered rich kid is going to tell us how to make it in life? How did he make it? Daddy? This kid could take a poop and slap a cover on it and it would still sell like hotcakes. Why? Regardless of the fact that it's trash, his Daddy is a best selling author with his own TV show and nepotism is alive and well.
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Summary: THANK YOU, JAY McGRAW!!!!!
Review: My friend's teenaged daughter is going through a troubling time. I sent her this book. Her first reaction was, "I don't need this." The day she picked it up to read it, she told her father, "I like this book." This is nothing short of a miracle!! Jay McGraw has a gift for connecting with teens!! I highly recommend this book to all!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
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Summary: Superb Workbook to Supplement Life Strategies for Teens
Review: Please realize that the basic book that this workbook relates to is Life Strategies for Teens.... Without that book, this workbook will lose much of its ability to be helpful. My suggestion is that adults or teens read Life Strategies for Teens first. If you like that book, then get this workbook as well. If you are buying Life Strategies for Teens as a gift for a teenager, I suggest that you also give the workbook at the same time. The workbook provides lots of questions, ways to develop ideas, and helpful projects that are designed to be done between reading fairly small segments of Life Strategies for Teens. The workbook starts with 'A Quick Self-Check' of 12 revealing questions. You go on to write the story of your life. From there, you list stupid decisions, and consider what directed dreaming inspires you to think about. You self-examine which behaviors are working and not working for you. To help you 'get it' another section focuses you on models, skills you need, relationships, learning about other people, and breaking patterns that don't work well for you. The fun really begins when you list experiences you would like to have, and begin tracking when you have those experiences. You go on to learn more about what you stand for, reward yourself for doing what needs to be done, and change the way you think about and talk to yourself. Diving deeper, you will consider how your beliefs may be making you blind to opportunities. When you are ready, you will start making some important life decisions. There's plenty of help for improving relationships, if that's part of what's needed. Having developed that sense of focus, you go on to create your first life plan. . . . And then the excitement really begins! You're on your way! The whole project began with, "Dad, trust me, when it comes to teens, you don't get it!" Thus, Mr. Jay McGraw told his Dad, Dr. Phil McGraw, that Dr. Phil was violating his own first rule for Life Strategies, You Either Get It or You Don't. Mr. Jay had wanted to use Life Strategies to improve his own life, and found that it took him 6 years (from age 13 to age 19) to translate the lessons into a teen perspective that made sense to Mr. Jay. Mr. Jay was naturally appalled when he found that Dr. Phil had a book contract to do a book on Life Strategies for teens. The project was reborn in Mr. Jay's hands. By the time Mr. Jay was done, he was no longer a teen, having reached the ripe old age of 20. But his memory of teenage perspectives is strong and salty. Early in Life Strategies for Teens, he candidly points out that the teen did not buy this book. It was a gift from an adult, usually a parent. That's why I suggested that the book and workbook be given together as a gift.
I suggest that you read Life Strategies for Teens before giving it to anyone. That may be its greatest benefit. Mr. Jay does a good job of taking on the key psychological, social, and developmental challenges of the teenage years. As you visit these points of view, you can begin to see how your teenager might see you. Life Strategies for Teens follows Dr. Phil's 10 laws. You can also read my reviews of Life Strategies and the Life Strategies Workbook if you want to know more about those resources. Mr. Jay takes the perspective of what the payoff is from the teenage years. For example, he candidly points out that you can decide not to get good grades. But you have to understand that that means that you will get less respect from everyone, and have fewer choices after high school is over. Coming from a parent, that would have sounded preachy. Coming from Mr. Jay, it just sounds matter-of-fact. If you have a pretty good relationship with your teen, a possible approach is to start doing Life Strategies yourself. Ask your
teen if he or she would help you with the exercises in that book. As you open up about your issues, hopes, and dreams, you may stimulate an interest in your teen. In the meantime, be sure you have a copy of Life Strategies for Teens and this workbook around the house, and be perfectly open about reading them. Who knows what might develop next? You could possibly start a dialogue by asking your teen to tell you what the three things are that you do that most annoy your teen. Then, see if you can do better. Communication is the most important bridge to your teenager's development. Keep building that bridge daily, in ways that your teenager likes!
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Summary: A Book Every Teen Can Relate To
Review: The book Life Stratagies for Teens was an excelent book. The author really knew what he was talking about and what the teenagers these days think. He was able to predict many of my feelings about life. The book adresses ten major rules that are called "Life Laws". It goes on to explain every one of them individually. At first, I must admit that I was very unhappy with the fact that I had to read it because I didn't want to be lectured about the future through a book - much less my parents - but the author understood that most teens would feel that way and made the book a quick book to read. You never want to put it down. I recommend you read it if you are in junior high or high school, it is a book that has situations us teens can all relate to.
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Summary: A Walk to Remember
Review: The brownish-red autumn leaves drifting from the trees and the streets littered with leaves as Landon walks thinking of his first love. Remenicing back to the year of 1958, when the town of Beaufort was small and cheery. Then one day Eric told Jamie that Landon was her partner. Then Landon and Jamie unexpectedly fell in love. Landon walked Jamie home everyday after practice was over. When they fell in love, Landon proposed to Jamie. That was when he found out that Jamie was sick. She still married Landon but then a few days later she died.
The beautifuly expressed words in this book really bring out the shocking story. I loved this book because it is very depressing but also in many ways colorful. This book has many sides to it but that doesn't change Landon's walk to remember.This book expresses all the characters feelings too. Usually novels are boring for me but this novel really touched me.
My favorite part was when Landon proposed to Jamie. All of his friends told him not to but he did because he loved her. So they got married happily ever after and it sure was a walk to remember for Landon and Jamie. Jamie was still sick and was in a whell chair but still she walk down the asile with all her strengh. A few days later, Landon had found out that she had died.
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Summary: Flowers for Algernon
Review: This book is a very good book. I think that most girls would like this. It is a tear jerker. Keep ypur box of tissues beside you.
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Summary: Wahoo! Let's hear it for generation X!
Review: This book is straight-forward and written specifically for teens, by someone who was just recently a teen themself. Realistic and motivational, this book inspired me. I work at an audio book store and I figured it was worth a shot, and popped it into the player. I am glad I did, three hours of listening that was well worth every second. It doesn't matter if you are totally happy with your life right now, check this book out and it will inspire you to make more of your life.
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