Confidently tackle tasks and everyday life with this guide to life skills for girls.

Does the preteen girl in your life know how to wash her clothes? Plunge a toilet? Leave a tip? Read a map? Manage a bank account? Do you have the time and energy to teach her? Let Essential Life Skills for Girls lead the way with the tools she needs to succeed. These critical life skills will help her become a responsible, resilient, and confident young woman at home, at school, and out in the modern world.

• Designed for girls ages 10-14 who need to learn the ins and outs of personal hygiene, clothing care, communication, school success, and much more
• Addresses kids living in a digital age; the skills include social media safety, texting with care, online communication, and other ways girls live their tech-savvy lives
• Easy to read, absorb, and remember, particularly for preteens with short attention spans
• Helps girls gain confidence and become independent (and helpful to family and friends)
• Detailed checklists let girls mark off skills they've learned and challenge themselves to learn them all!

Hanna Seymour, a mentor to thousands of young college women, provides a plan for success in college based on experience, illustrations, and biblical principles.

Each year millions of young women enter the college scene and are surprised to find their glittering preconceptions shattered. College isn't exactly what they had imagined -- it's a lot tougher. Social challenges, a demanding schedule, pressure to succeed, shifting family dynamics: how do girls tackle these issues, learn to thrive, and really enjoy this new phase of life?

The Girl's Survival Guide is packed with experienced-based advice that can help. Written by a mentor with ten years of experience helping college girls succeed, it's like having a big sister along for the journey. With proven tips, scripture, and inspiring illustrations, this book will coach, comfort, and inspire young women so that they can make the most of the college experience.

Thousands of young women have asked Hanna Seymour what to do about roommate drama, boyfriend trouble, choosing a major, balancing family and school life, and so much more. She's poured her best insights into this book -- answering the top 52 questions she has received -- so that readers everywhere will be armed with the knowledge and inspiration to make college the most epic, enriching time it can be.

Jordan Christy shares advice on how to be the most confident version of yourself, in this fully revised and updated edition derived from How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World.

Though fashions may change, certain things never go out of style -- like your favorite little black dress that can take you from a business meeting to a dinner party to a night on the town. But what makes it work is not the dress, it's how you present yourself while wearing it. A woman who is polite, well spoken, gracious, charming, and thoughtful is always welcome-though such women appear to be in short supply these days Despite the headline-grabbing antics of certain flashy celebutantes, most of us would rather have respect -- for ourselves and from our family, friends, and colleagues.

In this fully revised and updated edition, you will learn how to:

• Appear polished without sacrificing your personal style,
• Develop skills and discover interests to boost your self-confidence,
• Find your true friendships and make them stronger,
• Date Mr. Right instead of hooking up with Mr. Right Now,
• Land the perfect internship and your first job,

• Have a fun night without the risk of a social media faux pas.

With this insightful guide you'll be loving life with style, class, and grace in no time

Confidently tackle tasks and everyday life with this guide to life skills for boys.

Does the preteen boy in your life know how to wash his clothes? Plunge a toilet? Leave a tip? Read a map? Manage a bank account? Do you have the time and energy to teach him? Let Essential Life Skills for Boys lead the way with the tools he needs to succeed. These critical life skills will help him become a responsible, resilient, and confident young man at home, at school, and out in the modern world.

• Designed for boys ages 10-14 who need to learn the ins and outs of personal hygiene, clothing care, communication, school success, and much more.
• Addresses kids living in a digital age; the skills include social media safety, texting with care, online communication, and other ways boys live their tech-savvy lives.
• Easy to read, absorb, and remember, particularly for preteens with short attention spans.
• Helps boys gain confidence and become independent (and helpful to family and friends).
• Detailed checklists let boys mark off skills they've learned and challenge themselves to learn them all!

The media stereotypes Black boys as dangerous and lacking discipline and etiquette. But in fact, they are descendants of Kings and Queens and should feel proud of where they came from and where they're going. However, navigating from one world to another-like boyhood to manhood-can be disorienting and uncomfortable. It doesn't have to be so uncomfortable, though. James B. Wingo's The Manners Playbook: Essential Lessons for Young African-American Boys on Self-Awareness, Confidence and Etiquette is full of guidance on approaching new situations, caring for the body, and being confident in one's self while practicing good etiquette in new situations and relationships. Worried about a first date? Wondering how to handle a fight with friends? Want to impress someone? Wingo has tips for all and more in his guide to living up to the person you are meant to be.

Are you feeling stressed-out? In the middle of chaos, God brings courage and comfort, and answers our deepest questions. What is the purpose of life? How are both men and women made in the image of God? What are we missing? Who is God, the Comforter?

After a near-death experience, Trudy Beyak an award-winning journalist pursued a global investigation into the nature of God and gender. She interviewed fifty leaders of faith, including: Ruth Graham, the Vatican, Dr. Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI; Gary Chapman, Danae Dobson, Paul Young, Brennan Manning, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, and Dr. Francis Collins, to name a few. Their answers will inspire you

This book is not only a first-class investigation, but a compelling spiritual journey. In a world reeling from one crisis to another, God, as the Comforter, gives us calm and comfort, as a mother comforts a loved one and gives wisdom to help in every crisis. The spiritual insight about the maternal side to God's mercy and love is a fact that has mostly been missing from the Christian conversation for more than 5,000 years.
Reflecting on Trudy Beyak's spiritual journey and global quest for answers that are based on Scripture, best-selling author Paul Young writes:

The Mother Heart of God is brilliant, balanced and beautiful. What a superb and important contribution to the expanding conversation. I love it . . . When a brilliant interviewer and journalist wraps her quest and questions inside her story, humanity is delivered a stunning and important gift You are holding such a gift in your hands

Simply Charming is a fun, fabulous book all about compliments--their history, how to use them, and how to take them. Learn how to use winning words in a wide variety of situations, from chatting with a new acquaintance to interviewing for a job. Couples and singles will also benefit from the section on compliments between lovers--whether you're initiating a first date or celebrating your fiftieth wedding anniversary, everyone appreciates a kind word from their partner. A sincere statement of your feelings, a well-timed gift, or even just a friendly smile can go above and beyond to make someone happy. And with this beautiful, witty guide, you can do just that.

In Beverly Hills, fame and wealth can buy everything--except class, grace, and sophistication. In Beverly Hills Manners, Lisa Gach offers a behind-the-scenes look at the unique social dilemmas of the residents of the hills of Beverly through the eyes of an etiquette expert tasked with transforming her awkward, boorish, and sometimes challenging clients into social virtuosos.

From Saudi princesses to Oscar winners, talent agents to intelligence operatives, child actresses, butlers, and football players, Lisa has amassed an astounding roster. She's taught Oscar nominees how to successfully navigate the red carpet, sorority girls to use forks and knives, and NFL coaches to shake hands. In this book, she reflects on those experiences to teach you how to present yourself as a respectable professional in real-world situations.

Beverly Hills Manners covers more than just table manners. It includes advice on what Lisa calls Child Wrangling--laying down the law as parents when it comes to cliques, bullying, and cattiness--and netiquette, a vital new discipline in tune with every type of social media. You'll also learn how to gracefully conduct yourself during life's most trying moments, such as comforting a friend on the loss of a loved one or agreeing to help a family member who may be down on his luck.

In travelling from Massachusetts to the Carolinas one passed through communities of such distinct individuality that they were almost like different nations, writes author Sidney George Fisher in his preface to Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times, in which he presented the history and culture of colonial America to his Gilded Age contemporaries, who he felt had lost an appreciation of the fascinating circumstances that created the Founding Fathers and the Revolution. In the almost two hundred years of colonial life preceding the Revolution, the colonies displayed a remarkable variety, from their religion, politics, and countries of origin, to their dress, lifestyles, and character. Fisher cites primary documents such as colonial newspapers and the diaries of common men and women as well as famous political figures. He addresses the credibility of legends of our forefathers still told today (George Washington was an extremely sociable man, and he could not have lived in Virginia and been otherwise) and the riveting colonial folklore lost to the ages (for instance, John Randolph, of Virginia, who, seeing a drove of mules passing through Washington on their way to the South, said to Marcy, of Connecticut, 'There go some of your constituents.' 'Yes, ' said Marcy, 'going to Virginia to teach school.' ).

Discover colonial architecture, illustrated here with photogravures, and colonial pastimes, including the favorites of George Washington and much of colonial Virginia: card playing and foxhunting. Learn the outstanding literary tradition of Massachusetts, the regularity of fighting off bears in New Hampshire, the popularity of horseracing in Maryland, Blackbeard's headquarters in North Carolina, the women who ran the South Carolina plantations, the cleanliness of the New York Dutch as they contemplated their comfort and prosperity while they smoked their pipes . . . willing that the rest of the world would enjoy the same pleasure.

A complete manual for those who desire to understand the rules of good breeding, the customs of good society, and to avoid incorrect and vulgar habits. Such as:

Clear and Comprehensive Directions for Correct Manners, Dress, and Conversation;
Instructions for Good Behavior at Dinner Parties, and the Table, with Hints on the Art of Carving and Taking Wine at Table
Together with the Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room, Evening Parties
Deportment in the Street and when Traveling
And the Usages to be Observed when Visiting or Receiving Calls
In addition to this readers will also master the etiquette of courtship, marriage, domestic duties, and fifty-six rules to be observed in general society.

Filled with practical advice for navigating the social conventions of the nineteenth century, this charming guidebook is a fascinating time capsule. From introductions to table manners to dress codes, Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette is an entertaining trip back in time.

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The author presents George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation with an autobiographical introduction and Washington's original journal pages

Civility and common courtesies are essential in good human relationships. As a concept that helped to establish civilization, it is incumbent upon us to embrace these basic behaviors and practices. Strut Your Manners in Style is a keepsake book and a must-have guide for every school-age youngster. It is an excellent reference that everyone can use to help navigate the social terrain in an acceptable and comfortable manner. Knowing that your manners are polished will help you to socialize with confidence.

In addition, dressing appropriately for the occasion will naturally give you the ease and grace needed to be successful in most social gatherings and personal interactions.

Think for a moment how would you feel if someone: Never says 'Please' or 'Thank You' when you help them? Or Takes or Shares your things but never shares anything of theirs with you? Snatches the remote, while you are watching TV? Makes a loud noise while eating? Belching loud? Or pushes ahead of you in a queue?

Who you are shows in how you behave and also in how you appear to others. How you look, talk, walk, sit, stand and even how you feel-in a word, the sum of how you present yourself will always speak volumes about who you are. Good manners cost us nothing, but will help us win almost everything. Good manners put others before you- the skills of respecting others and making people feel easy and comfortable. If you show good manners everywhere you go, then you are more likely to encourage others to behave in the same way towards you

In today's increasingly global arena, technical knowledge alone is not enough to ensure success. Sophistication is more and more the catchword. Given a choice between two equally talented individuals, corporations will choose the candidate with greater interpersonal and social grace skills to represent it. As our world becomes a smaller place and our economy becomes increasingly global in scope, it is becoming increasingly clear how important good manners are in all cultures. In fact knowing how to treat others well is more important now than ever. How we look, talk, walk, sit, stand, eat - ie; how we present ourselves creates the first impression that others form of us. This is true not only in personal life but more so in our professional life.
With a world that's becoming more and more competitive, proper business etiquette and interpersonal skills play an increasingly important role in the success or failure of anyone's business career and the company they represent. Knowing how to behave courteously and professionally is far from trivial. Etiquette and protocol does count in the business world, as no matter how brilliant an employee may be, his or her lack of social grace can make a bad first impression on clients and business associates.

Studies have shown that more than 60% of what is believed about us is based upon visual messages- What people see! At many Fortune 500 companies, top management take potential front line employees to lunch or dinner to observe their comfort level with executives, spouses, waiters and even with the various pieces of silverware. Like it or not, management equates good manners with competence and poor manners with incompetence. Table manners can make or mar a mega-merger, especially in an era when companies are competing on the basis of service-this can be a crucial business skill. Good manners are good business!

Your inability to handle yourself as is expected could be expensive--no one will tell you the real reason you didn't get the job, the promotion, that big business deal or the social engagement. Your social graces and general demeanor can tell as much about you as the way you handle an issue. Fair or not, others equate bad manners with incompetence and a lack of breeding, and the cumulative effect of this repeated faux pas in an organization, can be devastating leading to a major loss of respect, credibility, loss of reputation, and business!

Your Success can start today with 'Grooming, Etiquette & Manners for Teens, Young Adults & Future Leaders' This book will help increase your confidence in your image, manners, business etiquette and interpersonal skills to help you build rapport and trust with your business customers and associates. They are not only important to know now, but will benefit you throughout your life, adding to your future success in the world of work, with you having a competitive advantage in everyday life- at university, work and in your future careers-In fact this is the only survival skill!

The Ultimate Guide to Making a Lasting Impact

Are you ready to take control of how the world perceives you? In Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults, discover the transformative power of mastering your first impressions and fundamentally altering the trajectory of your personal and professional life.

Imagine walking into any room with confidence, fully equipped to captivate and connect with anyone from peers to potential employers. This book is your essential toolkit, designed to guide young adults through the nuances of making memorable first impressions.

Gain insight into The Power of First Impressions, unveiling secrets of the critical first minute and the science behind initial judgments. Delve into The Art of Preparation, where you'll learn to read the room, understand your audience, and tailor your approach effectively. Master the subtleties of Nonverbal Communication, from body language to vocal intonation, ensuring your presence speaks louder than words.

This empowering guide doesn't stop there. It offers strategies for Overcoming Nervousness, helping you manage anxiety through deep breathing exercises and positive self-talk. Discover the importance of The Follow-Up, learning how to maintain and build upon the connections you've made, and explore how to continuously improve by seeking feedback and reflecting on past interactions.

Whether it's navigating social events, networking at school, acing job interviews, or crafting an impressive online persona, this book has you covered. Adaptability in Communication ensures you can adjust to diverse situations and communicate effectively in various contexts.

With actionable insights and practical exercises, Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults is more than a book-it's your pathway to building genuine connections, achieving your goals, and making every first impression count.

Troy McDaniel is one of a few inmates who started and graduated from California City Correction facilities' Pawsitive Change dog program in 2016. He shares his remarkable experience of the ups and downs of his journey. Relating a lot of his experience to the dangerous yet intelligent life form of the canines he worked with during his prison term. Every human, every dog, and every situation taught Troy valuable lessons that will bring awareness and fulfillment to your life. We hear about people going to jail and what they've done, but never explained quite like this. You will learn the good, the bad, and the ugly side of the correction system we are conditioned to trust. Troy McDaniel has gotten off parole and has since then dedicated his life to connecting pet owners with their trusted canines. Here you will begin to understand not only the human nature of a criminal but also that maybe every person in the system isn't such a bad dog after all.

The Ultimate Guide to Making a Lasting Impact

Are you ready to take control of how the world perceives you? In Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults, discover the transformative power of mastering your first impressions and fundamentally altering the trajectory of your personal and professional life.

Imagine walking into any room with confidence, fully equipped to captivate and connect with anyone from peers to potential employers. This book is your essential toolkit, designed to guide young adults through the nuances of making memorable first impressions.

Gain insight into The Power of First Impressions, unveiling secrets of the critical first minute and the science behind initial judgments. Delve into The Art of Preparation, where you'll learn to read the room, understand your audience, and tailor your approach effectively. Master the subtleties of Nonverbal Communication, from body language to vocal intonation, ensuring your presence speaks louder than words.

This empowering guide doesn't stop there. It offers strategies for Overcoming Nervousness, helping you manage anxiety through deep breathing exercises and positive self-talk. Discover the importance of The Follow-Up, learning how to maintain and build upon the connections you've made, and explore how to continuously improve by seeking feedback and reflecting on past interactions.

Whether it's navigating social events, networking at school, acing job interviews, or crafting an impressive online persona, this book has you covered. Adaptability in Communication ensures you can adjust to diverse situations and communicate effectively in various contexts.

With actionable insights and practical exercises, Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults is more than a book-it's your pathway to building genuine connections, achieving your goals, and making every first impression count.

Filled with practical advice for navigating the social conventions of the nineteenth century, this charming guidebook is a fascinating time capsule. From introductions to table manners to dress codes, Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette is an entertaining trip back in time.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.