Navigating Your Future Interactive Journey to Personal and Academic Success

by Colbert, Bruce J.

• ISBN13: 9780131960848
• ISBN10: 0131960849
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-02
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Are you interested in a well rounded approach to success, including both academic and personal fulfillment? This working textbook and integrated CD engages students in assessing their current academic and workplace skills and developing specific action plans to ensure both academic and personal success. The first six chapters focus on how to do well "within yourself" orintrapersonal skills with topics such as stress management, positive attitude, time management, and goal setting. The middle chapters are devoted to academic skills including learning styles, critical/creative thinking, improving memory, and test taking. The last four will deal with succeeding "within your program and beyond" and address communication, group interaction, team building, job-seeking, and leadership development.

Author Biography

Bruce Colbert is the Director of the Allied Health Department of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He has authored five books, written several articles, and has given over two hundred invited lectures and workshops throughout the United States.  Many of his workshops provide teacher training on making learning engaging and relevant to today's students.  In addition, he conducts workshops on developing effective, critical, and creative thinking, stress and time management, communication, and team building.  He is an avid basketball player, even after three knee surgeries, which may indicate he has some learning diffculties.

Table of Contents

Traveling Toward Personal Success

Stress Management: The Skill that Affects All Others

Positive Attitudes and Goals: Preparing for Success

Managing Your Resources: Time and Money

Active Study Strategies:Learning ldquo;How to Learnrdquo;

Learning Styles, Memory and Test Taking: Getting the Grade

Creative Thinking and Decision Making: Making Good Choices

A Roadmap for Professional Success

Communication in Action: Presenting Yourself to Others

Group Interaction and Team Building: Working Together Works

Job Seeking and Leadership Development: Your Future Career Begins Now

Enhancing Your Personal Health: Take Care of Yourself Along the Journey

Appendix

Glossary

Index

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