Daily Life Strategies for Teens

by Jay McGraw

A daily guide to the Life Strategies and their power to change lives!
With Daily Life Strategies for Teens, Jay provides a day-by-day guide to life that will show you how to boost self-confidence, build friendships, resist peer pressure, and achieve your goals.
Packed with quotes, ideas, and inspiration, Jay McGraw's straightforward, insightful, and humorous guide gives you a road map for surviving and thriving in your teen years and beyond.
Using the techniques from Dr. Phillip C. McGraw's Life Strategies, his son Jay shows teens how to put the Life Laws into effect every day.
Take the steps to make your life the best it can be!

Genres: Young Adult

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2001

About the author

Jay Phillip McGraw (born September 12, 1979 in Wichita County, Texas) is the son of Phil McGraw of The Dr. Phil Show and Robin McGraw. He has one younger brother, Jordan (a musician). He has written several books aimed at young people. He has also appeared on The Dr. Phil Show.

McGraw is President and CEO of Stage 29 Productions in Los Angeles, a company he co-founded with his father. He has served as Executive Producer on several prime-time "Dr. Phil" specials. He appeared as host of Renovate My Family, which aired on Fox.

McGraw attended Greenhill School and he is a graduate of the University of Texas, receiving a B.S. in Psychology. He earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University. He is executive producer of the TV series "The Doctors."

McGraw wed Playboy model Erica Dahm at his parents' home in Beverly Hills. A reception for 400 guests followed the ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. In March 2010, Dahm gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Avery Elizabeth. In April 2011, McGraw and his wife announced they were expecting their second child in September 2011.

Reviews

[Shreya Jain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teenage. Such a roller-coaster of life, isn’t it? The changes, the discoveries, the spiral of emotions and feelings, the robust energy, the experiences, the mistakes, the bruises… The prime time of falling and getting up, in continuity. But what if I told you, you can avoid that whole last part, and just focus on enjoying the bright side? Sounds unreal, right? But it isn’t, if you read, make notes and follow everything that has been shared by ‘Jay Mcgraw’ in his book ‘Daily Life Strategies for Teens’.

As the title suggests, it’s a self help book. It serves as a guide which helps you prepare for and make the best of your teenage years, that can make you skip the embarrasement and cringe stories in the future.

The book follows a systematic pattern. The lessons are in form of small excerpts, which almost feel like the author is having a tete-a-tete with you and passing down all this wisdom. It surrounds the ten life laws which the author mentions in his previous book, and then all the strategies and lessons relate to that life law. The book is structured such that it is set for throughout the year, giving each lesson for each day.

It covers every ground of life, from productivity, career, goals, relationships, friendships.. you name it, it has it. If you want to walk a long journey of self exploration, evaluation and making decisions, this book will be a treasure for you.

My honest opinion: I don’t frequently read non-fiction, but after reading the likes of these, I feel like reading them more. The best about this book was its straightforwardness. The tone was direct, yet polite. The author doesn’t sugarcoat, and speaks very practically. I appreciate this attitude a lot. Reading this and applying it would definitely save you a lot of mishaps in these years. But keep in mind, no matter how much you learn and gain wisdom beforehand, you can’t expect everything to be all sweet and flowery. You will still fall and get hurt, but you will know how to handle it better.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book would appeal to many teens. It's good, straightforward advice on how to believe in yourself and live a satisfying life.

[Lacee Peebles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book “Daily Life Strategies for Teens” by Jay McGraw. I think Jay McGraw had many reasons to write this book. I feel like his purpose to write this was to inspire teenagers to push through life, go and achieve their goals, but most importantly live a good life. I think he wanted to inspire teens and help teens with everyday problems and situations all over the world. I recommend this book to anyone, not just teens. It’s an inspiring book and gives you hope for the future. This book shows you how to be yourself, be proud of who you are, inspire you to reach your goals, and follow your dreams. Overall, I think Jay McGraw wrote this book to inspire people, not just teens, all over the world, and help them get through daily life problems and situations.
The theme of this book I think is to that if u want to do something or achieve something in your life you have to work for it, because it’s not just going to happen for you, it’s not just going to be handed to you, it is going to take some work to do anything. For example, make friends, get a job, do good in school, move out, go to college, etc. I think the theme of the book is if u want something, you are going to have to work for it.
I think the narration style of this book is written as explanation. I think this because the book has different quotes, sayings, and steps you can follow to inspire you to be yourself, achieve your goals, follow your dreams, and over all live a good life. I feel as if the book provides an explanation to get through the day, through situations, and to look to the future. I think it tries to explain the theme of the book that things aren’t handed to you; you have to work for them. That’s why I think the narration style of this book is written as an example of explanation writing.
My opinion of the book “Daily Life Strategies for Teens” is that it was really good, and inspiring. I’ve been going through a lot lately, from friendships to family to self-confidence. That’s why I chose this book because I felt like I could really relate to it, and that it might help me, and it did. It helped me look to the future, and push through social issues, and boost my self-confidence. I think anyone should read this, especially if they are dealing with any problems in life. This book is really inspiring to push through anything and look to the future. That’s why I liked this book. That’s my opinion of “Daily Life Strategies for Teens” by Jay McGraw.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book The Daily Life Strategies for Teens. The purpose of this book is to make your marinate of the sayings the author, Jay McGraw, has written. They make you think and you live by one saying each day. McGraw makes it clear that he believes you need to live by these quotes and is the reason he wrote this book. The book was written a little different than most books. It was very easy to read, but you had to think about what you are reading. If you just fly through and read the whole book you arent getting what the author wants you to get out of it, also it will make no sense. One of the quotes in this book says "If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything." Thats a little taste on how the book is, you really have to think about what its saying. In some chapters it goes in a series of things and you practice one each day. I enjoyed the book, Not one of my favorties though. I like books with an interesting story and this didnt have one. Ive realized Ive been reading books that tell you how to live your life better, which is strange since they arent my taste. If you like short books, but they make you think, then this book is perfect for you! I probably wouldnt read it again though.

[Jazzmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading a helpful or insightful thought for everyday of the year was interesting! I liked the 'daily life strategies' for the most part. They are all good and helpful things to keep in mind through life and many can apply to anyone. The only thing I didn't like is that some points were repeated over and over in different ways.

Overall, I appreciated the messages within it and the fact that good morals and just improving yourself to truly be a person of the most worth you can be was encouraged.

[Samia]

Um...makes you think every night before bed. But seriously, it's not life-changing or anything.

[Jerica Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

it has helped me when im sad I pick up this book look for the date and some how just reading one little thing makes me feel so much better I just love it so much

[Swaminathan Guruvayurappan · Rating 3 out of 5]

good thoughts to work on.. powerful life laws