Synopsis
As parents and adult role models, we want our children to have fulfilling, happy, successful lives. We want what’s best for them, for ourselves, and for our communities. How many times have you told your child…or yourself to: Change your attitude! Believe in yourself! Get rid of that habit! Make wise choices! Set a goal! Be creative! Hang in there! This is what we tell ourselves and our children to do. But where did we learn how to do it? Did anybody ever teach you exactly how to change your attitude when it was negative? Did anyone ever explain to you exactly how to believe in yourself, erase self-defeating behaviors, make wise choices, set and achieve goals, use your creative imagination, and be persistent? Most of us make enough mistakes and face enough challenges on our way to adulthood that we develop a haphazard trial-and-error understanding of what it takes to be successful in life, or at least to avoid constant failure. As a result, because that understanding lacks a solid base of teachable knowledge and skills, our lives tend to be a tale of ups and downs. Is that all we want for ourselves and our families? The strategies and practices in this book have been developed and tested in the laboratory of many hundreds of classrooms, homes, professional organizations and corporations for nearly three decades. The Seven Keys to Success were uncovered in the early 1980s during interviews with 35 of the most successful Americans, all of them recipients of the prestigious Horatio Alger Award; among them are William Dearden, CEO of the Hershey Corporation, and Dorothy L. Brown, MD, the first African-American woman surgeon. The Seven Keys also have a solid connection to three decades of scientific evidence fundamental to the School of Positive Psychology. The GO FOR IT! Family Program delivers rock-solid how-to instructions for making the Seven Keys to Success fundamental… and lasting… in the lives of everyone in your family. Your understanding, practice and teaching of these Keys will make your children’s lives, and your life, easier and better… Now is the time to GO FOR IT!
About the Author
Judy Zerafa is the founder of the Seven Keys to Success Life Program© and author of the national bestseller, GO FOR IT! (Workman Publishing / 1982), the first how-to book for teens. To date the book has sold a half-million copies. Judy has motivated hundreds of thousands to jumpstart their lives in her corporate seminars, professional training and school programs. She is a sought-after speaker on the topics of success, learning, parenting and motivation. The success of her methods for achieving across age, gender and socio-economic boundaries led to the founding of the GO FOR IT! Institute in 2003. Among other educational programs, the Institute offers a continuing education credit curriculum within a Masters in Education program in Colorado. Judy Zerafa’s Seven Keys to Success Life Program™ was developed after extensive interviews with recipients of the Horatio Alger Award. Recipients are Americans who have succeeded entirely through their own efforts; many of them despite adversity. Zerafa’s research revealed seven specific attributes identified as essential to human success. She lives in Denver, Colorado and is the mother of three grown children and three grandchildren. Zerafa will release a book about a ground-breaking approach to permanent weight loss later in 2011.
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