In Pursuit of the Good Life
eBook - PDF

In Pursuit of the Good Life

Strategies for Well-Being and Success in College

  1. 223 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

In Pursuit of the Good Life

Strategies for Well-Being and Success in College

About this book

An invaluable resource for students to improve their personal well-being and thrive in college.

The college experience offers educational and social opportunities that can be incredibly rewarding for students. For many, however, college is a time of extreme anxiety and stress-but it doesn't have to be.

In Pursuit of the Good Life: Strategies for Well-Being and Success in College digs into the challenges that most frequently plague students and provides practical guidance to overcome these difficulties and thrive. Turning on its head the idea that academic success leads to improved well-being, this book instead rests on the foundation that personal well-being is the pillar that supports all other success in college. Organized by key challenges facing students, each chapter explores the research and reasoning surrounding the issue being discussed and offers guidance and exercises to assist the student in navigating and even gaining from the challenge.

Covering such topics as anxiety, lack of motivation, group dynamics, and busyness vs productiveness, In Pursuit of the Good Life not only provides students with the skills to maximize the benefits of higher education, but to be happy, as well.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One Why College?
  5. Chapter Two Your Collegiate Self-Image
  6. Chapter Three Overwhelming Opportunities
  7. Chapter Four Choose Friends Patiently
  8. Chapter Five Intrinsic Motivation
  9. Chapter Six Busyness Is Not Productive
  10. Chapter Seven Effective Studying
  11. Chapter Eight Test Anxiety
  12. Chapter Nine Competitive Peers
  13. Chapter Ten Ask for Guidance
  14. Chapter Eleven Grade Uncertainty
  15. Chapter Twelve Course Planning
  16. Chapter Thirteen The Authentic Life
  17. Chapter Fourteen Uninteresting Courses
  18. Chapter Fifteen Deep Projects
  19. Chapter Sixteen After College?
  20. Epilogue
  21. Appendix
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. index
  25. About the Author