We have been very fortunate to have James Patterson, the world’s best selling author, be a part of the Asset-Based Thinking positive conspiracy. Jim is an exceptionally talented man and a great fan of asset-based thinking. Jim wrote the foreword for our first book as well as our recently published teen book. One of Jim’s [...]

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This week I read a report about students at Mundelein High School outside of Chicago who are experimenting with simplifying their lives. It’s part of an empathy exercise for teens to see and feel what it’s like to go without certain conveniences….in ABTeen terms it’s called “trading places”. These teens made a commitment to go [...]

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In the United States there over 20,000,000 teens. Globally the UN estimates that in 2003 the number of young people aged between 10 and 19 reached 1.2 billion, or nearly a fifth of the total world population. That’s a lot of ABTteen power and potential. We believe our next book, Change The Way You See [...]

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