Risk Taking: Chris gets kids over the fear of failure and the fear of what others think about them.

Benefit: Increased Leadership, Increased Involvement, Increased Enthusiasm, Students learn to overcome PEER PRESSURE.

Treating People in a Positive Way: Chris shows kids the damage they can do to each other with put-downs and negative peer pressure and gives them positive alternatives to think about.

Benefit: Less Put-Downs, Increased School Morale, More Inclusion of Students on the Fringe, Improved Self Image.

Self-Confidence: Chris teaches kids to feel good about their strengths, improve on their weaknesses but not beat themselves up about them.

Benefit: Increased Confidence, Improved Self Image, Students learn it's OK to not be good at EVERYTHING.

Dealing with Frustration in Positive Ways: Chris explores, with students, how they often overreact to little problems. He instills in them that overreaction makes their problems worse rather than better.

Benefit: Less Conflict, Increased Life Perspective, Less Escalation of Problems, Students Learn Alternatives to Overreacting to a Problem.

Humor: Chris uses humor to get his messages across.

Benefit: Laughing students are listening students!