Just got this wonderful email from Thomas Keen, who runs Keen’s Martial Arts Academy in the Philadelphia area, and who just received his copy of Success for Teens. Thomas writes:

“I own a Martial Arts school in a rough inner city. The area is filled with negative thoughts, attitudes, teens that are lost with no direction. I have had the blessing of being able to offer martial arts in the local schools for all ages, from pre-K and now through high school.

“I subscribe to Success magazine, where I found your new book, Success for Teens. I received the book today and have read it nearly from cover to cover, and I am very impressed. I hope to offer this book in my school and in my Pro shop, and to begin to utilize your teaching in my classroom when addressing the teens.

“I would like to ask if there is a way you could make a poster of page 147, ‘The Slight Edge Principles’? I would very much like to hang this in each of my three classrooms, as well as in my waiting room where our visitors and parents sit.

“I feel these principles can reach the heart of every child and every adult in this city. If this is possible, can you please let me know?

“Thank you for creating the perfect book for teens. My daughter is 12 and I plan to have her go through this book with me to help her grow in success. I wish I had known these principles when I was a teen.”

I popped an email to the folks at the Success Foundation, passing along Thomas’s query about creating such a poster — and got a reply back exactly twenty minutes later (on a Sunday afternoon!) saying they think it’s a great idea. I’ll keep you posted on where this goes.

Do you know of a great situation where someone (you, perhaps?) could leverage Success for Teens to have a positive impact on a lot of teens’ lives?

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