Pathfinder A Road Map to Teen Empowerment
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Excerpts from Chapter One Subconscious Mind Management
To program your subconscious mind to work for you, you will have to prepare positive instructions to interact with the subconscious mind and direct it towards what you really want to do or to change. During the course of this book you will understand how to interact with your subconscious mind in order to give it valuable focused instructions. As a result of giving a plan and clear guidance to your subconscious mind, your subconscious mind will creatively develop ways and means that will help you become successful.
Finally, another benefit that you will soon discover beside development of purpose, direction and motivation, is that by taking time to pay attention to your subconscious mind you actually improve your health, spirit and self-confidence thus having a positive affect on your "inner self". There are few times in life that you will be able to do things for the "inner self", for you, and this is one example of what you can do.
There are three different techniques that you can use to get instructions to your subconscious mind. The specific techniques covered in this book are written instructions, commonly referred to as goals, receptive interaction, and visualization. We would recommend using all three techniques since all three compliment each other.
Receptive Interaction
Before further discussion you should know that positive influence works to your benefit and negative influence works against you. The more positive information your subconscious mind receives the better off you will become, the more positive you will be and the more success you will achieve.
Take 100% of all receptive interactions and divide it into two categories, positive and negative. Your goal is to have a significantly larger portion of receptive interaction as positive as opposed to negative. You cannot have 100% positive reception because of the variety of ways you receive information and the fact you will come across negative information or suggestions even though you intend not to. However, in time, with focused repetition, you will learn how to keep a lot of negative information from retention in your subconscious mind.
Now lets take a look at the specifics of receptive interaction.
People Influences
(Family, friends, spiritual, coaches, teachers, employers)
A variety of people will have a chance to influence you in a given day. The stronger and more convincing the message the more drive you will have and the more affect on your subconscious mind. The challenge is in recognizing what is truly good for you and your situation in regards to today, tomorrow and the future. Exercise caution when you feel you are being influenced. Sometimes negative influences are the easiest to attain and offer quick temporary satisfaction. Ask yourself " will this influence I am now experiencing make me a better person and does it meet and support one or more of my goals?"
What do I get from this influence? What are the good points about the influence? How can I take some ideas and use them to improve myself? Am I wasting time with this influence? Am I learning what to do or what not to do?
The good news is that there are an awful lot of good influences for you. Sit back and contemplate the good influence you are receiving and take notes on how you can incorporate some of the behavior, attitude, and commitment of that influence. Assess the skills; try to mirror those skills. Those skills you may want to emulate could be personal, physical, mental, intellectual, caring or others
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About the Book
Pathfinder – A Road Map to Teen Empowerment, is a self-help book for teens and their mentors. It navigates the readers through critical life skills including tapping into the subconscious mind, goals, decision-making, perception management, knowledge management, time management, plan development and more. It is a unique book for teens and their mentors that initiates a path to self-discovery and promotes stimulating thoughts and conversation to trigger a futuristic vision for goal accomplishments. Pathfinder – A Road Map to Teen Empowerment helps teens use a variety of techniques that will stimulate a sense of healthy competitiveness. The book follows a holistic approach in that it ties everything together from strategy to task implementation. "Pathfinder – A Road Map to Teen Empowerment is a self-help book for teens and their mentors unlike any other on the market today. It helps teens prepare for the transition period as they go from "kidhood" to "young adulthood". It helps them develop a personal drive that will propel them forward in a deliberate fashion. This book is very unique. To begin with it is a positive book that does not point out the faults of teens, but rather addresses the strengths that if uncovered will lead to their ultimate success. It provides them with examples and encourages them to look inside themselves for answers. It is not an "in your face" book like some publications that exist in the market today. This book will make teens think about where they are, where they are going, and the decisions they must consider and personal planning they must do as they go forward in life.
About the Author
Virgil Robert Priestly and Jenny Soriano-Priestly have spent over twenty-five years analyzing teen development and young adulthood preparation. They served in a variety of positions that placed them directly involved with the community and in position to observe life skills of juveniles and young adults. Virgil and Jenny were able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of teens and provide mentoring to numerous teens and young adults entering the work force for their first time. They have "hands on" experience as a mentor to children of all ages. Jenny, as a social worker, has worked with children, teens and families coping with the life and tribulations of teen and family development. She specialized in various settings that include corrections, alcohol and drug abuse and family advocacy (domestic violence and child abuse). Among many successes she is credited with a program that gained national honors for best military singles program. She was the first "Commander Mom" establishing the first Armed Forces YMCA "Drop In" center in Hawaii for the Navy and Coast Guard personnel. This center targeted single young adults to help them cope with family separation and the many challenges of young adulthood. Throughout their many experiences they have been able to assess teens and young adults in extreme circumstances and were able to identify patterns of behavior and personal life skills’ shortcomings that can be corrected through proper mentoring. Virgil is a retired Field Grade Officer, recipient of many awards and decorations including the Legion of Merit award, and is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Joint Forces Staff College, and Saint Thomas University, Miami, Florida. Jenny is a graduate of the prestigious School of Social Work at Barry University, Miami, Florida where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Clinical Social Work.