Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
Be Your Best Self is a book of core skills and tools to help children realize their dreams and achieve their goals in life.
What are your BIG dreams? We all have different dreams, that’s what makes us unique. But whatever it is that you want to do, the skills you’ll need to achieve your goals are the same. This exciting book helps children and young people to practice these core skills and provides a survival kit for them to dip into when they need extra help or motivation.
SOME OF THE THEMES EXPLORED ARE:
- Goal setting
- Growth mindset
- Perseverance
- Getting organized
- Learning to fail well
Chapters include:
- Be Your Own Best Friend
- Making Good Choices
- Dream Big
No need to worry if you don’t yet know what it is that you are passionate about or what ‘success’ means for you. Perhaps you just need some help with boosting your confidence, staying positive or some extra help with getting through the twists and turns of everyday life. Looking after yourself is an important theme of the book whether that be eating healthy food and exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, being kind to yourself or knowing how to deal with bullies.
To 'be your best self' means loving who you are, feeling confident in your own skin and achieving the things that you want to do.
"Child author Kai and double Paralympic gold medalist Brown partner for a new self-empowerment book for kids...this book is a commendable achievement...a positive life-skills book"—Kirkus
"Be Your Best Self is an exciting new book for children – it’s a comprehensive framework that encourages children to raise their aspirations and turn exciting dreams into a reality. It’s a thought-provoking career tool, a vital people skills asset and a modern-day confidence builder." —Rachael Jess
"Straightforward advice is brought to life with colourful illustrations throughout and both authors share their own experiences to enable readers to really relate to it. This well-written and beautifully presented book would make a great gift"—The Book Activist
"...Filled with tips to help develop executive functioning skills like organization, defining success for yourself, and developing positive self-talk."—The Tiny Activist
Danielle Brown MBE is a double Paralympic gold medallist and five-time World Champion in archery. She was World Number One for her entire career and made history when she became the first disabled athlete to represent England in an able-bodied discipline at the Commonwealth Games. Danielle now works as a keynote speaker and specialises in self-development, success skills and breaking through barriers. She does a lot of work with young people to help them improve their academic performance and mental wellbeing. Danielle lives in Telford, UK.
Nathan Kai pioneered, created the opportunity, then jointly wrote this book when he was only seven years old. Why? Because this AMAZING book should have been on the shelves, and he desperately wanted to have it for Christmas, but it didn’t exist (then…). He’s a member of MENSA, the world’s youngest published self-development author, a public motivational speaker and an elite athlete – a multi-National and European Champion medallist in Jiu-Jitsu. He’s also a grade-four pianist, child model, a trophy-awarded linguist and a thoroughly awesome person. He’s delighted that the book is out for you to learn these tips for success and happiness, too, and for you to Go On and BE YOUR BEST SELF! Nathan lives in Derby, UK.
Introduction 6
What is success? 8
Dream big 12
Goal setting 16
Making good choices 20
The mind and mindset 24
Staying focused 30
Getting organized 34
How to keep going when the going gets tough 38
Learning how to fail well 42
You are unique 46
Self-confidence: the key to success 50
Physical check-in 56
The big one: self-esteem 58
Be your own best friend 60
Taking on new challenges 64
Bullying: stay safe and be heard 68
Kindness 74
People skills 78
Role models 85
Building your support team 90
Say yes to opportunities 92
Stay motivated 96
Eating well 100
Sleep and success 104
Being active 108
Over to you 114
About the authors 116
Acknowledgements and picture credits 117
Index 118