SUCCESS Foundation.

Sometimes one book can make all the difference in your life. Stuart Johnson learned this at age 15 when he was given David Schwartz’s The Magic of Thinking Big, which began his own personal-development journey.

That book led him to read other classics, including Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Success through a Positive Mental Attitude by W. Clement Stone, and many others. Through these books, he discovered that working on himself first best prepared him to take on the challenges of business and life. Today, he is a highly successful businessman, the owner of VideoPlus, L.P., SUCCESSMedia, SUCCESS magazine, and founder of the SUCCESS Foundation.

Perhaps you have received this book from a parent, coach, teacher, or friend who wants to give you a resource for making the transition from passively waiting for life to happen to actively pursuing your dreams. It is our hope that SUCCESS for Teens will provide you with similar “magic” for thinking big in your life. The Slight Edge For the past few years, I have made it my mission to help youth receive the fundamental life-skills and personal-development philosophies necessary for success in school and in life.

 One of the best tools I have found for achieving this is the slight edge philosophy, which was first articulated in Jeff Olson’s best-selling book, The Slight Edge. Jeff, through his wonderful book and from more than 20 years of teaching its philosophy, has positively influenced hundreds of thousands viii Success for Teens of lives, encouraging people to do those simple, little disciplines that can change their life for the better forever. You have in your hands what is NOT taught in high school or college. What you are now holding is the secret to a successful life.

 These pages provide you with the time-tested principles that will allow you to excel in all areas of your life—your health, your finances, your career, your personal relationships, and your family life. You’ll learn essential skills such as goalsetting, time management, and self-motivation to help you reach new levels of achievement. And, best of all, you have the benefit of youth to get the most from these life-changing principles.

The foundation for the slight edge philosophy comes down to this: You can create any life you want, no matter how difficult it may seem, by understanding how small, positive steps make a difference over time. It’s the things you do every day that don’t even seem to matter… that do matter most. In this book, you’ll learn that through the eight slight edge principles that teach you:

1.   Little Things Matter

2.    Attitude Is Everything

3.    You Must Use the Moment

4.    Everything Starts with Small Steps

5.    There’s No Such Thing As Failure

6.    Habits Are Powerful

7.    You’re Always Learning

8.   You Can Make Your Dreams Come True I know that once you read these pages, you will come to understand that little things do matter, the choices you make are important, and you can make dreams come true.

John Fleming