Calling all teenagers quit the moaning and start loving life! Don't be a cliche. Don't stay in your bedroom grunting and grumbling. How about getting motivated, energized and start making a difference?! The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager teaches you how to become your very best self and how to figure out who that is, exactly. The bestselling authors of The Art of Being Brilliant and Be Brilliant Everyday are experts in the art of happiness and positive psychology and, with this new book, you'll find your way to becoming brilliant at school, work, and life in general. Stay cool under all the pressures you're facing, and plot a map for the future that takes you wherever it is you want to go. Become proactive, determined, successful and most importantly: happy! Fact: your life span is about four thousand weeks. It seems like a lot, but it's not. Complaining about life, homework, parents, and relationships may be normal now, but don't let it become your defining trait. When you're forty years old and still moaning, a big chunk of your four thousand weeks have slipped by, and you're no closer to happiness than you were as a teen. This book is a guide to starting the journey to your ideal life now, instead of wasting time being a drip. * Discover the real you, and what you want out of life * Stop moaning and get moving now, while there's plenty of time * Lose your bad habits before they become your personality * Figure out how you want to contribute, and find a way to do it The bottom line is this: it's easy to be the average version of yourself, but is that really all you want? Don't you want to achieve something? Get started now. The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager helps you figure out where you want to go, and how to get there. So, whether you're an ambitious teenager, a parent or teacher desperate to turn a down-beat teenager into a ray of positivity and delight, How to Be a Brilliant Teenager is here to help.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

Amy Bradley works from a quirky 3rd floor studio in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, where every one of her illustrations is hand drawn, making use of digital techniques to create colourful illustrations that offer a refreshing, fun and energetic approach. Darrell Woodman has a background in local radio. More recently, Darrell has immersed himself in the 'brilliant' philosophy and is currently studying for an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology. He delivers keynotes and one day workshops, as well as spearheading the 'Art of Brilliance' school offering. Darrell has co-authored The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager and is currently working on Volume 2. Andy Cope is a teacher, trainer, speaker and author. He is currently studying happiness, flourishing and positivity as part of a Loughborough University PhD thesis. Andy is a prolific and sought after speaker with an international audience, who speaks at business conferences as well as at over 300 schools in the last 2 years. He has written self-help books for adults and teenagers as well as penning Puffin's best-selling Spy Dog series. He has done numerous radio and TV appearances and runs a hugely successful '2%ers club', Britain's first and biggest association of happy people. Andy Whittaker is a trainer, best-selling author, frustrated comic, NLP trainer, and master of time line therapy. He co-wrote the best-selling book The Art of Being Brilliant with Andy Cope. He has delivered to companies as diverse as DHL, University of Nottingham, Smith & Nephew, Ginsters, IKEA, Pirelli and The National Trust. From the multi-layered cupcake consisting of Andy Cope (Doctor of Happiness), Gavin Oattes (stand-up comedian), Will Hussey (an actual real teacher ) and Amy Bradley (best illustrator evs) this is your recipe book for having your cake and scoffing it. Diary of a Brilliant Kid works up your appetite to enjoy and savour every last dollop of whatever life serves you. As well as putting-the cherry-on top, it inspires you to:

This book has the following chapters: Foreword ix Getting Warmed Up 1 Soap on a Rope 6 Houston, We Have a Problem 10 Chemicals 15 Being Real 22 You Are You 35 Habits 42 Chasing Rainbows 46 Monkey Magic 56 Passion 61 Lush 74 X-Factor 80 Lift-Off 90 Comfort 95 Paradox 106 People 111 Impact 116 Thinking 118 Phone a Friend 126 Bouncebackability 130 Future 132 Stupidity 134 Heroes 142