Youth motivational speakers understand that teenage years are a time of transition, leaving childhood behind and moving into adulthood. This part of their growth is spent in building one's identity, seeking autonomy, and learning about intimacy and how to handle these relationships.
The teenage years are a time of transition, leaving childhood behind and moving into adulthood. This part of their growth is spent in building one's identity, seeking autonomy, and learning about intimacy and how to handle these relationships.
Youth Motivational Speakers Help Teenagers Understand Stress
Teenagers are struggling more today than in the past. What has changed? Mainly, their environment. The world today is global, fast-paced, and eternally plugged in. Teenagers face pressure from a bigger, faster world, one that is always open through social media. There is never a time to turn off. There is a constant pressure to be 'on' and available, as with their cell phones.
Youth motivational speakers understand the intense pressure teenagers face from a variety of sources, and they strive to provide them with tools to not only manage this pressure but succeed in handling it.
Living in this global world, students face more pressure at school. The competition to get into a university is not just from their fellow students but also from students around the world. Receiving and completing a good education is increasingly important. As graduation approaches, our students feel more pressure to succeed. Each student must also decide what their goal is for future employment. Those decisions must be made in a timely manner, so that they take appropriate classes in high school, and they choose the right jobs and volunteer positions.
Work offers another form of pressure, as many students hold part-time jobs. As we see many families are struggling today, and the teens must have a job to help the family afford necessary items. This creates pressure as students struggle to keep up their homework, work part-time hours, and still find time to just relax and have fun. Youth motivational speakers provide tools and techniques to help students organize their time, optimizing the hours spent at school and work in order to provide time for relaxation.
Youth Motivational Speakers Discuss Expectations
Our students face greater expectations, some are external, while others are internal. Parents, teachers, employers, and friends all have expectations. Universities and future employers also have expectations. Plus, teenagers have their own expectations. No one can be successful at everything and that is a hard lesson to learn. Youth motivational speakers understand this and work to help teenagers understand and accept that failure is a painful, yet necessary, part of life.
Brad Hurtig is one of the up and coming youth motivational speakers. After losing both hands in a workplace accident he went on to become a leader on his high school football team. He understands what it means to deal with stress and his presentations help our youth understand the stress they are facing and how to best handle it. To invite Brad for your next school assembly, please contact us today.
