Keys to Success: How to Achieve Your Goals (2nd Edition)

Learn-by-doing in approach and exceptionally broad-based in perspective, this best-selling guide to success in college, work, and life is based on the premise that if readers know themselves and can think critically about any topic or situation, they will succeed in whatever they do. Includes straight talk and a variety of activities for thinking, teamwork, career and goal planning, writing, using the Internet, etc. Content focuses on issues that touch the lives of all kinds of diverse students/readers—from urban community college students to returning adults to working students to students of any age, race, gender, family and marital status, economic situation, or other unique identification. Features inspiring and motivating Personal Triumph scenarios involving famous and ordinary people from here and abroad. Quick Start to A Guide to Knowing What to Do, How to Do It, and Where to Get Help. Welcome to Opening Doors. Knowing How You Learn and How to Choose a Major. Goal Setting and Time Using Values to Map Your Course. Critical and Creative Becoming an Active Learner. Reading and Focusing on Content. Listening, Memory, and Note Taking In, Retaining, and Recording Information. Researching and Gathering and Communicating Ideas. Test Showing What You Know. Relating to Living in a Diverse World. Wellness and Stress Taking Care of Yourself. Managing Career and Reality Resources. Moving Building a Flexible Future. For college students and anyone wanting a primer on how to be successful in school, at work, or in life.

With its active "learn–by–doing" approach, this textbook establishes the skills needed for learning and career and life achievement. Critical thinking techniques improve students' effectiveness in school and the workplace. These skills serve as a continual source of information and inspiration. Positive self–awareness, confidence, and responsibility are fostered by building skills in goal–setting, problem–solving, decision–making, wellness, basic academic skills, study skills, and communication. Students learn to manage their time and their budgets. They will establish strong foundations in ethics and relations with people at home, at school, and at work. The text is both affirming and challenging to students, encouraging them to reach new heights.