From the Back Cover Key Benefit: It is never easy to deal with transition and decision-making in life...especially when factors such as careers, relationships, prejudice, and study stress are added to the equation. This book is designed to help the reader to learn to trust his or her ability to make responsible, thoughtful decisions during life's major changes and it's daily challenges. Key Topics: The "Concise Edition" of the popular Cornerstone: Building On Your Best program continues the Cornerstone emphasis on helping teachers to empower their students to make responsible choices in college and in life. It shows, rather than tells, through its real-life vignettes and self-reflective exercises that engage readers and help them look at themselves and their lives through different eyes. This book promotes growth, change, and responsible decision-making -- whether the reader is examining his/her own study habits, facing prejudices, or making difficult decision about relationships and careers. Added to the discussion are important new ideas about thinking skills, learning styles and cooperative learning. This book differs from the "big" Cornerstone through the concentration of discussion on self-esteem and motivation into one chapter, shorter discussion of relationships and campus activities, a new chapter on "Think Before You Leap: Using Critical Thinking Skills in College and in Life" and a new section on Learning Styles and Learning Preferences.Market: Teachers, educational professionals and counselors.