How to Become a Strong Person and Build a Good Life

"Using the tools in this book can help a person to build a good life." Using his over twenty-five years of experience working with youth, including eleven years as a school counselor, Wegert wrote HOW TO BECOME A STRONG PERSON AND BUILD A GOOD LIFE in a down-to earth encouraging manner to help high school students and young adults develop the tools (character, attitude, responsibility, effort, and self-control) that they need in order to be more successful academically, personally, and socially. It also explains how to use these five tools to build a good life by dealing with negative people in a positive way and by making good choices through respect for your job (which for young people is to be a student), others, and yourself. Over seventy true short stories (some humorous, some sad, some gut-wrenching, some inspiring) bring the book to life and help to illustrate the main points. (Since about fifteen of these stories are intense, and are only appropriate for ages 15 and up, they have been placed in a special section.) The book can also be used by parents and grandparents as they teach their children and grandchildren how to become strong people.