Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change

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'Practical Strategies for Change'

The sixth edition of Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change guides students in adapting practical strategies for change to their own lives Those who can master change with a positive attitude, take calculated risks and maintain an open mind will succeed. Filled with inspiring stories and powerful activities, this motivating book teaches success through discovery, goal-setting and determination. Cornerstone incorporates SQ3R and Bloom's Taxonomy throughout, employing focused reading and critical thinking strategies necessary for student achievement.

Tools for Change include :

· How to Approach Change In Your Life - Implements change through seven practical steps. (Chapter 1)

· Self-Responsibility Assessments - Evaluates students’ personal responsibility levels and examines self-defeating behaviors. (Chapters 2 and 3)

· Success Stickers - Provides students with a way to tag important information as they study, such as preparing for a test, marking a great quote, or identifying something they find personally relevant. (Back of text)

· TEN Essential Cornerstones - Focuses on the ten most important aspects of one's personal and professional life. (Throughout all chapters)

· Chapter highlights

  • Information Literacy - Applies research to a 5 major step process. (Chapter 5)
  • Interpersonal Communication Includes self-disclosure, understanding and getting along with others, and communicating via technology in the digital age. (Chapter 4)
  • Money Management - Starts students on a sound fiscal policy program to manage their finances and prosper at all times. (Chapter 11)

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Name in long format: Cornerstone: Creating Success Through Positive Change
ISBN-10: 0137007574
ISBN-13: 9780137007578
Book pages: 432
Book language: en
Edition: 6
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Dimensions: Height: 10.8 Inches, Length: 8.5 Inches, Weight: 1.69976404002 Pounds, Width: 0.7 Inches

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