Sean Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens definitely has a lot of tips about how to live every day life. Though some of the advice is good and helpful, I have trouble believing everything he says. It seems to me that the author doesn't understand that these tips just don't work with some people. Real life is hardly as clean and peachy as his books makes it sound.

My favorite habit in the book is Habit Six: Synergize. Though I am skeptical of some of the tips in the book, this habit really makes sense to me. Synergy is all about working together with other people and combining talents to makes tasks and projects easier. I have realized over my years in school that pulling together the best of two or more people can really take a project way over the top. If a pair has to create a poster and one person is great at organizing facts and collecting information and another is a wonderful artist and incredibly creative, then it just makes sense for the two to combine their talents to produce one top-notch poster. Synergy doesn't just have to be used for group projects though. It's great for studying, jobs, and pretty much anything that involves interacting with other people.

The habit I have the most trouble with is Begin With the End in Mind. The biggest reason for this is that I really don't know what I want out of life. I have countless short term goals, but my biggest stressor is trying to figure out the big stuff: where I want to go to college, what I want to major in, what career I want to have when I'm done with school. I struggle with the endless possibilities and choices sitting in front of me.

Because I have not really enjoyed this book very much, I would only recommend it to a teen who is struggling with adolescence and needs some tips. The author has some good ideas, but self help books just are not the hottest buy.