Shipp, Josh. The Teen's Guide to World
Domination: Advice on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Awesomeness. New
York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. Ebook.
Summary
“Now is the time to stop trying to dominate the
whole world and start trying to live your own. That’s where we’re headed.
That’s what this book is all about.” (Shipp 9)
Motivational speaker, Josh Shipp, uses his life
experiences to provide teens with instructions on how to live their lives. Part
1 is about taking charge and dominating your own life. In Part 2, Shipp informs
the reader of different types of people, and how to deal with them. Part 3 is
about how to dominate your own world through finding your own identity, dealing
with parents, friends, dating, and making future plans. In Part 4, Shipp
concludes the book with how to dominate your future, and how it is an ongoing
process.
Critical
Analysis
Josh Shipp provides an engaging guide for teens on
how to take control of their lives, and how to deal with the challenges of
being a teenager. This book is written to appeal to teenagers, and the language
and straight talk that Shipp uses throughout the book delivers a clear message
without being condescending or without talking down to teens. He incorporates
personal stories that are relevant to the readers and provides life experiences
that serve as excellent examples for teens. Although Shipp says that the book
can be read straight through, he also encourages readers to go back to certain
topics, or skip around as needed throughout the text.
Strengths
and Weaknesses
The major strength of
The Teen’s Guide to World Domination:
Advice on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Awesomeness is the practical,
straight-up advice for teens on how they should take control of their own
lives. From dealing with friendships, to sex, to taking care of oneself, Shipp
encourages teens to be in charge of themselves in a positive, encouraging
manner. One useful section is on the types of people that will try to bring
teens down, and ways to cope with them. This is a book that I would recommend
to every teen. And even though this book was written for teens, adults can
still feel inspired from this book to be a better person. One weakness of the
book is that sometimes Shipp rattles on about topics and gives too many long,
drawn out examples of behaviors. Shipp should also encourage teens to share the
book with their parents to aid with relationship issues during the teen years.
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