GOAL!
What is your goal and what do you need to do to achieve it?
Set GOALS for your future
- Remember, it's not about how popular you are now, but what you become in the future
- Set your goals for success
- Start exploring your interests; find out your strengths
- Start taking the necessary steps needed to meet your goals
- Work Hard, Play Hard.......notice the WORK part comes first
F. O. C. U. S.
Understand Your Worth
- Choose your friends wisely
- "Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are."
- You become like the people you spend most of your time with.
- Peer pressure; there are ways to avoid it
- Forget being a follower and learn how to be a leader
- There is a time and place for everything...slow down!
Understand Your Worth
- Don't conform to fit in!
- BE YOURSELF
- Don't lower your standards just to feel included
- Don't let society dictate who you should be
- Confidence is essential in life
- Embrace your uniqueness; we are all weird in our own ways
- Understand that you can't be liked by everybody
Character is KEY
- Your PEERS
- BULLYING: cyber, physical, verbal
- WORDS ARE POWERFUL
- Don't be a bystander
- YourSELF
- If you don't respect yourself, don't be surprised if people don't respect you
- Be a leader, not a follower
"The truth of your character is expressed through the choice of your actions."
- Dr. Steve Maraboli
Character is KEY
- RESPECT:
- Your PARENTS
- Your character reflects back to your parents; make them proud
- Your TEACHERS
- Integrity - doing right things even when no one is watching
- CHEATING doesn't help you in the long run
- Don't feel the need to be the class clown
Organize Yourself
- Get your priorities STRAIGHT
- Take school SERIOUSLY; it determines your future
- Develop good study habits; find what works for you
- Manage your time wisely; limit your distractions
- Get advice from parents/teachers
With Rachel Mgbeike & Fesolami Akinwande
Failure is Inevitable
- Chances are you won't always hit the bull's-eye on the first try
- LEARN from your mistakes; don't dwell on them
- EX: failing a math test
- Your mistakes don't define you
- Practice makes perfect