I'm the Driver of my Own Destiny

ENTRY 10:

One of the valuable things I've learned from 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is that no matter what your background is, you can achieve anything you set your mind too. If none of your family members have gone to college and you think that you wont make it, you do everything you can to be the first out of your family to get to college. Another valuable things I've learned is that you need to be more proactive. Look at the good side of things and stay positive. Be the bigger person in a situation and don't let stupid things get to you. Another valuable thing is having a mission statement. Know what you want in the future and work hard to get there. Be on a mission to get to where you want to be.
What I will take and apply to my everyday life is set goals for myself. I constantly set goals for myself and work hard to complete them. I will sharpen my focus by focusing on one of my goals and work extra hard to achieve it.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is a very good read. It gives so much advice to young teens and helps with real life situations. There is a lot I can learn from it, like being a change agent in your community. It teaches us to be the change that we want to see in our life. It helps with situations like peer pressure and the consequences of giving into peer pressure. It helps teens what to do in a situation like that. I also like when it talks about overcoming obstacles and it gives you steps to overcome tough situations.
I think Mrs. Gibbs' should continue teaching out of the book. At first when I saw the book I though it was going to be boring and I didn't want to read it at all. Once I started reading it, it helped me look at a whole new perspective. It got me thinking more about my future. It had some real life situations that actually related to me. It gave tons of helpful advice.
I definitely applied some of the advice from the book to my life. The advice has helped me become more focus on my future and what I want to do in the future. I started to become more serious in school and I have set a goal to make straight A's. I really want to make it to college so I tell myself to try extra extra hard in school.
I would rate the book a 5. It just gives so much helpful advice and teens can really learn from it.
I will become the driver of my own destiny. I will make choices on my own and choices that I think is better for me. I will do all I can to get to where I want to be. I'm starting to take AP classes and I'm doubling up on classes to help me get there.