The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens

I am really enjoying this book. I'm only through 3 chapters...so far I've read chapter 2- Friends, chapter 3- Parents, chapter 4- dating and sex. I skipped chapter one because I only wanted to skim through before I gave it to my 3 older children to read, but after starting to read it I couldn't put it down! I really wish I would've found this book when my oldest was 12 or 13 but I think, even though she is 17, it will still help her tremendously. I have really enjoyed the advice given by the author. I just finished reading the chapter on sex last night and He encourages young adults to raise the bar high! With great, solid advice as to how to raise the bar, why to raise the bar and how to keep the bar high. Raising the bar high means abstinence, maybe you feel someone talking about abstinence is outdated or not effective for teens after all what's the harm? I thought this was the best part of the book I had read thus far. He states several reasons why you should remain abstinent. Not only that but how to protect your "self". I am no saint and did just about anything when I was in High School and have paid the price in some form or the other. I was pregnant at 19 and married at 20. After a few years of being married the new wore off and reality set in. Talk about a wake up call. I grew up too fast and tried to recapture my youth at the age of 30 as a result. If I would have protected my "self", I truly believe my life would be very different. I wouldn't give up my life right now but I think I would've gotten to where I am now without so much pain and confusion. He also doesn't just say you should do this and shouldn't do that...He has very good reasons, facts, and well documented (with references to other books, authors, doctors, websites) information as to why you should or shouldn't do it. I also don't think he degrades anyone for the decisions they have made or will make. He has very few references to GOD which I was very impressed with. I don't particularly care for books that dictate "because the bible said so", to me this is not an answer for a teen. I truly believe that we can ingrain our ideas in our childs head but he will always take what he wants and form his own opinion on things. Therefore, we must put information that we feel is good in front of them so hopefully they will read it, take what they can from it and grow into successful adults. I can't wait to let my kids read this book and to see what they take from it. I will definatly be reposting after they read it.

I bought this book prior to our daughter starting middle school. She is now in high-school. We have one amazing daughter. I Read this book prior to handing it off to our daughter. Just in case she had any questions. Her friends have borrowed the book and she has read it off and on throughout her high school years. My daughter has stated how this books makes more and more sense each time she reads it. This book speaks directly to the teenager. I also recommend it to family friends. A lot of life lessons that they can learn from someone else's perspective and experience. Basically saving themselves from a life of destruction. We have a son starting middle school in a few weeks. This book will be required reading. I prefer to introduce certain topics to our children instead of letting society and peer pressure totally control their thinking. I always keep resources such as this book around for my children to read, just in case they are embarrassed to talk to me or dad.

My 9th grade twins needed this for a required reading. I am only giving it four stars because I didn't see them "glued" to the book and reading it cover to cover. However, it has such great advice for kids and is written in their language. They happened to be reading it when my husband and I announced that we were divorcing, I found one of the boys laying in his bed reading it that night with a few tears in his eyes and it helped us start a conversation. I think it has helped them deal with what life brings.

I work with the local municipality assisting first offender youths by providing them with counseling on what they did wrong, and giving them a way to provide reparations for their actions. We have used this book as one of those means. Its straightforward, provides common issues that kids face, and it provides straightforward ways of dealing with those conflicts. I don't agree with everything in the book, but it will help the kids gain perspective and it's an easy read. I was able to read it in a couple days and be able to reference talking points from the book with the kids. (I do think if you want a child to read it, you should as well. It may help you (parent, guardian, authority figure) with some perspective as well)

I wish all self help books were written this way ;) The author has done a great job. My teenage son and I are reading through this book - like our own book club. We each read the same chapter and then discuss. Very cleverly written and has real life examples. Great illustrations, a pleasure and a joy to read. It really hits the issues at our house, and hope that my son internalizes the information as a 13 year old. I plan to buy another one for my younger son as well when he is in 8th grade. It applies to the high school years.

I bought this book for a friend's daughter as an 8th grade graduation gift. I read it (from the library first). I can only say that everything the author addresses is almost exactly what I as a parent would want to tell my teen--but we parents know that teens don't always (OK hardly ever) want advice from us. The fact that the author interviewed so many teens who made both good and not-so-good choices and shared their consequences after the fact was brilliant. Teen-to-teen advice.In the chapter on maintaining a good relationship with your parents, I particularly liked one teen's take on parental insight. The teen used a math equation: Mom's age + Dad's age - my age = years of life lessons and experience they have more of than me. If you asked an 8th grader if they could help a 5th grader avoid a bad decision, like not doing their homework for a certain teacher, most likely they would say ,"Sure, I've already done 5th grade.I KNOW Mrs. So-and-so will fail you if you turn in your work late because it happened to me." The author helps them sometimes see that their parents have "already done" high school. Also, the chapter on choosing friends and how they influence you was especially well done. I would recommend this highly for all kids going into 9th grade as mandatory summer reading!

The book was well written but when I talked to my teen about it they said there wasn't anything new in there. There wasn't anything to make them think. It is all common knowledge they already have learned. This might have a better impact on teens that do not have parents in their life that tell them to not do drugs, not to smoke and get their homework done.

I bought the book wondering if my son would read it. (It looked great to me.) I didn't give it as a gift, I just had it on the table. He picked it up, asked "what's this?" Because I didn't want to be shoving 'life instructions' down his throat, I said I had picked it up, didn't know if it was any good, but he could look at it, let me know if it was worthwhile. He disappeared to his room with it, and never gave it back. Months later, I still find him with that book. He even quoted something in the book to his younger brother! It seemed to give him greater confidence in himself. Now I'm buying one for the younger brother to have as his own.

After reading Sean's "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens", which revisited his father's 7 Habits paradigm, I gave copies to some of my pupils, who all told me how helpful it was. "The 6 Most Important Decisions" breaks new ground, and establishes Sean Covey as an independent thinker in his own right. This book is not only solid in its content, but admirably accessible to its intended audience. This really is a book which changes people's lives - at an age when they have the opportunity to make a major positive contribution to our ailing world, and plenty of time to do so. Highly recommended.

Loved it ❤️ it just help u to grow yourself n deal's with d problems every teenager face...

Es handelt sich um die Hör-CD zu dem Buch gleichen Titels. Ich hatte zuerst etwas Schwierigkeiten beim Verstehen des Gehörten. Nach und nach kann ich aber sagen: das amerikanische Englisch ist nicht so unterschiedlich vom klassischen Oxford-Englisch, dass man sich nicht schnell daran gewöhnen könnte. Daher gebe ich heute, nachdem ich zuvor nur 4 Sterne gesetzt hatte, doch die 5 Sterne. Es ist ein großes Verdienst derjenigen, die es unternommen haben, die Texte dieses herausragend guten Buches auf einen Tonträger zu bringen. Inhalt und äußere Gestaltung sind auf die Bedürfnisse von Jugendlichen zugeschnitten. Nicht umsonst ist das Buch bereits in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt worden. Lektüre und Hör-CD sind sehr zu empfehlen.

As a Coach/Consultant who trains on the Coveys' content, I make no secret about it - I love all material by any of the Coveys. From Sean, Stephen and their dad - Stephen...to John and Jane their work is timeless. This book is no different. It is a MUST! A most crucial book to read if you have or want to teach young minds about vital decisions and informed choices that can impact lifelong outcomes. If you're a young person - read this book and critically think about each area, how it will affect you and what you can do about it. If you're a parent, or helping adult, think about ways to infuse this into your everyday life/work. The consequences for not thinking and talking about these 6 choices are far too great to make from an uninformed position! Do not let this book go unread! :)

it's amazing book