This book is dedicated to all the teenagers in the world. You were Born To Excel. May you have the capability, strength and discipline to live your life from the inside out, and may you maintain a firm belief in yourself and in others with whom you come in contact. You are the author of your future; may you live the life of your dreams.

1. Presents A Self Help
Book For Teenagers

2. I too am a TEENAGER
Born To Excel.
Excel, I will!
By Bob Urichuck
Prof. C.F. Joseph

4. Cover
Front, Back and Spine

5. What is this Book about?
It is a self discovery companion and planning
guide for teenagers that will enable them to
make significant difference in their life.

6. What is this Book about?
This Book will lead you to understand what
success, attitude, motivation and that most
important person YOU is all about.

7. How will this book help you?
This book will help commit first to
yourself and then to your dreams.

8. How will this book help you?
As you read, think and write your way through
these 12 essential and meaningful steps or
disciplines you will literally author your own future
step-by-step, and make your dreams a reality.

9. The 12 Disciplines for Living
the Life of Your Dreams:
Master Self-Motivation and
Personal Leadership

10. The 1st Discipline
1. Know Your Rights
Because you have the right to your dreams, desires and expectations—to
have what you want, to like your-self as you are, to change, to fail, to
be imperfect, to choose, to ask, to decide how you will use your time
and energy and your right to lunch—when you pay for it.

11. The 2nd Discipline
2. Make a decision to do something about your life and live the life
of your dreams, or to accept life as it comes. The first step in selfmotivation is to make the decisions. Making a decision is almost always
more important than the substance of the decision itself. There are three
types of people in this world: those who don’t know or can’t decide on
what they want; those who wish and dream and do nothing about it; and
those who know what they want, plan for it, and go out and get it. Which
one are you?

12. The 3rd Discipline
3. Take Control of Your Life by controlling your thoughts and
states of mind. Your thoughts control your attitude and how you react to
situations. Your thoughts are you! If you fail to control your mind, how
can you control anything else? To take control of our lives we must first
identify the things we have

13. The 4th Discipline
4. Know Yourself or your journey into the future will be uncertain.
Defining your identity will keep you focused as you later set priorities,
organize tasks, deal with emergencies and accomplish challenges in your
personal and business lives. Look inside, what do you see? Who am I,
what are my values, how do I see and feel about myself, what are my
strengths and weaknesses, what motivates me, what de-motivates me,
what are my fears and how will I overcome them? IF I had the courage to
see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with the way I
am approaching life, and correct it.

14. The 5th Discipline
5. Know What You Want out of Life by listing all of your
dreams, desires and expectations as if nothing was impossible. What
great thing would you attempt if you knew that you couldn’t fail? How
much time do you have left to accomplish what you want out of life? If
you were told you had six months to live, how would you live them? How
would you want your family, friends, and work associates to remember
you? If a statue was built in your honor, what accomplishments would
you want to have listed on the plaque?

15. The 6th Discipline
6. Group, Categorize and Prioritize your dreams into time
periods. The picture of yourself that you developed should be consistent
with your most important dreams. Define your purpose: what do you
want to be, to do and to have?

16. The 7th Discipline
7. Identify what you are Prepared to Give in Exchange
for your dreams and desires. Expect to make changes in your life: in the
way you spend your time, effort and money, and in your relationships,
habits, education and career. Are you prepared to pay the price?

17. The 8th Discipline
8. Create a Goal Logbook.
A goal is an end, a result, not just a task to be performed. It describes the
condition we want to achieve. Goals are an extension of your values.
Goals must be S.M.A.R.T. Ask yourself: Is this goal really mine? Is it
morally right and fair? Are my short-range goals consistent with my
long-range goals? Can I commit myself to complete the project? Can I
visualize myself reaching this goal?

18. The 8th Discipline
Create a goal log and address each of the following areas:
• State the goal, date for completion and outcomes expressed in sensorybased terms: the sights, sounds and feelings you want to experience.
• Identify obstacles you might meet, the skills and behaviors you’ll need,
and the people, groups or resources you can call on for help.
• Develop a detailed action plan with start and finish dates, and a method
of monitoring and measuring your progress.
• Create a system to reward yourself along the way.
• Finally, make a commitment to yourself to follow through and do what
you have to do.

19. The 9th Discipline
9. Commit to your Action Plan, taking on the
complete responsibility to “make it happen.” Of all
commitments, the ones you make to yourself are the most
important to respect. To commit to something is to take a risk.
You can succeed if your willingness to leap overpowers your
concern about what could happen if you fail. Avoid the regret
of looking back on a life of opportunities not taken. Discipline
yourself and do whatever you have to do for at least the next 21
to 30 days, no matter what.

20. The 10th Discipline
10. Be Action-Oriented and “Do It Now!” Don’t expect
to find time to achieve your goals, make the time. Deal with the
unpleasant, large or hard tasks first. Create a prioritized to-do
list daily, weekly and monthly.
Accomplish some piece of a major objective daily. Remove
timewasters. Take care of yourself with exercise, a healthy diet,
and a balanced life. Every day, visualize, in detail, the end
result. Change your behavior and you can change your feelings
and ultimately your thoughts. Control what you say to yourself and how you think. Success breeds success. Don’t ever give
up on taking action. Make your dreams happen!

21. The 11th Discipline
11. Monitor and Measure Your Progress to stay
informed on how you’re doing. It will motivate you to keep
going and to make the necessary adjustments along the way.
The Goal Chart summa¬rizes all the expectations and dreams
that you intend to turn into reality. The Monthly Monitor
Chart provides you with a 31-day habit-forming process for
monitoring and measuring your progress. The charts remind,
discipline, guide, moni¬tor, and reward you. They make you
aware of your behaviors, pointing out where and when you
should make adjustments.

22. The 12th Discipline
12. Be Thankful. Before you can have more out of life,
take inventory of your blessings. Practicing thankfulness is
about not taking life for granted. How are you? If you want
more, you will have to give more. Get in the habit of giving
more than you take. You are important.
Expect miracles!

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24. Some Testimonials
―For years I’ve tried to master self-discipline with books, seminars and relearning. Reading Bob’s 12 Disciplines gave me an instant road map—to
organize my priorities. What Bob said in the book reinforces my belief that
personal values are more impor¬tant than hard work. Working hard without a
road map leads us to directions all over.Working smart with a goal makes a
world of difference!‖
Aileen Tan, Executive Director
McKee Fehl Contractors (Asia) Pte Ltd.
―I have read many books of this genre and tire of wading through 500–1000
pages to get to the substance. Your book takes the opposite approach. It is
entirely pragmatic and to the point. I much prefer your approach. Anyone who
wants to change their life for the better, has the tools immediately available in
this book.‖
John McClelland
Facilities Commercial Realty Inc.

25. Some Testimonials
―Life gives us a tool box. Bob Urichuck gives us a tool: the 12 Disciplines.
Read it! Use it! Master it! Learn how to make your dreams come true.‖
W. Mitchell
Author of It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What You Do About It
―This fast-moving and enjoyable book gives you a specific 12-part program
you can follow to become the kind of person you want to become and achieve
any goal you can set for yourself.‖
Brian Tracy, Brian Tracy International
Author of Maximum Achievement and Advanced Selling Strategies
―This is an incredible book. It changes lives in very profound ways, and even
more important, the changes are not transient, they stick. I highly recommend
this book to anyone who is serious about living a happy, healthy and
successful life. Be prepared, you will not be the same afterward!‖
Dr. Sharon Rolbin
Author of Surviving Organizational Insanity

26. The Authors
Bob Urichuck - A Canadian, Bob is founder of the international
firm Bob Urichuck Management Inc. (www.BobU.com). The
company's worldwide clients include many Fortune 500 corporations,
government departments in Canada and Singapore, and numerous
international institutions. He is a certified social entrepreneur—his
extensive travels having inspired him to work toward a better world on
many levels. Bob has also written articles and appeared in a variety of
print media internationally and is regularly interviewed on national
radio and TV programs in his home country and internationally. He is
the author of two bestselling books, Disciplined for Life: You Are the
Author of Your Future (released in an original edi¬tion as Online for
Life: The 12 Disciplines for Living Your Dreams)

27. The Authors
Prof. C.F. Joseph,
is the director of the Born To Excel Success
Motivation Centre, Dubai, UAE. He holds a Master’s Degree in Educational
and Industrial Psychology with First Class and First Rank from Pune
University in India. In addition to Business Management Qualifications
from India, he has had advanced Management Training from the Roosevelt
University of Chicago, USA.
Prof. Joseph held commercial career positions in well known companies in
India, Bahrain, USA and UAE for over 25 years. Parallel to his commercial
managerial career he kept his academic interests alive by being visiting
lecturer in universities, colleges and schools almost all throughout those
years.
Since 1993, Born To Excel has become one of the best known names in the
Middle East, India and even Europe for excellence in Corporate Soft-skills
training and Personality Development and Career Guidance Programs for
Students and Adults. So far more than ten thousand adults from 48
nationalities and more than 20 thousand students from 57 nationalities have
benefited from direct training by Prof. Joseph.

28. We Hope You Enjoy & Benefit
From Reading This Book.
Thank You!