In the business world, companies perform audits to see where they are losing money and where they are making a profit. We need to teach teens to apply this same logic to their character. The "Personal Audit" is a core concept we explore in our coaching. It involves taking an honest, unflinching inventory of one's life. We ask teens to look at their habits, their relationships, and their time management.

The smartest people in the room are rarely the ones talking the most; they are the ones absorbing the most. One of the primary benefits of active listening is the ability to download wisdom from others without having to pay the "tuition" of making mistakes yourself. We encourage teens to listen to the stories of those who have gone before them, mentors, elders, and successful peers. By listening to how others navigated failure, built businesses, or maintained relationships, teens can build a

We are raising a generation that is allergic to uncertainty. With a smartphone in their pocket, a teenager never has to wonder about the weather, get lost in a new city, or sit with the discomfort of not knowing an answer. They can Google the ending of a movie before they watch it. They can stalk a blind date on Instagram before they meet. They have engineered the unknown out of their lives. While this feels safe, it is developmentally disastrous. Growth only happens in the unknown.