The document discusses different paradigms or perspectives that people can have that help or hurt them. It lists several common paradigms teens have such as thinking they can't go to college or get ahead without connections. It then discusses how troubles at home can cause personality changes and insecurity. The rest of the document lists different life paradigms centered around friends, stuff, relationships, school, parents, sports, enemies, heroes, work, and self that can impact success and connections. It concludes that principle-centered living focused on honesty, love and other virtues leads to the most success.

2. My parents and I will never get along. We are too different.

3. Being smart is a white thing.

4. My teacher hates me and is out to get me.

5. She’s so pretty. I bet she’s a jerk.

6. You cannot get ahead in life if you don’t know the right people.

7. Me? Thin? Impossible. My whole family is fat.

8. It is impossible to get a good job as a teenager

9. What is a paradigm?

10. The way that you see something, your point of view or frame of reference

11. Our paradigms are often way off the mark and limit us

12. Often, what we see is what we get-self fulfilling prophecy

13. Are your paradigms helping or hurting you?

14. Paradigms of others

15. Troubles at home create personality changes

16. Insecurity comes off as standoffishness

17. How to deal with a new kid

18. Paradigms of life

19. Friend centered

20. They change, move, are fake

21. Stuff centered-things or accomplishments with titles

22. Hard to make real connections with others

23. Boyfriend or Girlfriend centered-

24. The more this happens the less attractive you are to this person

25. School centered-

26. So focused on grades or achievement that you take no joy in childhood

27. Parent centered

28. Living only to please your parents is not healthy

29. Sports-centered

30. Impacts college, social life, what about injuries

31. Enemy centered

32. Prevents you from really enjoying the great parts of your life

33. Hero centered

34. So wrapped up in worshipping someone else, their problems become yours

35. Work centered

36. So much time is devoted to work that you sacrifice fun and free time

37. Self-centered

38. So worried about yourself that you are clueless about the world around you

39. Principle Centered living

40. Honesty, love, hard work, service, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, responsibility

41. Principles will never fail

42. Principles will make you more successful with the other center issues

43. Success in life and leadership comes from principal centered living