For courses in Life Skills, Career Education, Senior Transition and Personal/Professional Development. This stand-alone guide/workbook explores the skills necessary for laying a good foundation for a business or personal life-without-struggle-i.e., critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills, and change-oriented, goal-setting skills. It presents easy-to-understand-and-use tools for achieving goal fulfillment on a minute-by-minute, day-by-day basis through goal setting, positive communication, conflict resolution, self-nurturing, time management, and career planning. By working through a variety of activities that require critical thinking and creativity, students develop a Personal Life Management Plan and discover the power of using new skills to become change agents for themselves.