How to Train Your Dragon?

Mari and I went and saw How to Train your Dragon this past week and we loved it.  DreamWorks has created another great movie.  This one is a little bit different from their traditional staples of Shrek, Monsters VS. Aliens and Kung Foo Panda (to name a few).  This is not a straight up comedy.  The story seems a little predictable with the dominating father figure who is everything a viking should be: strong and stubborn.  He has a son, Hiccup, who is a puny guy who wrecks everything he tries, but just wants his father's love.  Sounds like 100 other movies, right?  Well this one adds vikings and dragons and makes it a great movie.  Hiccup and his best friend, Toothless, change the dragon/viking relationship forever.  So If you like feel-good movies, 3D movies, or DreamWorks in general, this is a must see.
Besides, it will be a better use of money and time than Iron Man 2!

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey has written a wonderful life changing book.  For those who have read his father version and felt it a little to deep or business oriented this is the answer to your issues with it.  Sean teaches us about the 7 habits but in a way more applicable to day to day life.  He also makes it fun and extremely interesting with tons of short stories from teens and adults of every walk of life.  He even includes cartoons and doable baby steps.
I fell in love with the 7 habits all over again and recommend this book to teens and adults alike.

If you don't read a single other book I recommend make this one the one.

The Great Hunt

Book 2 in the Wheel of Time series has continued only now we have our main characters out on the hunt for the legendary Horn of Valere which can call the great heroes of the past back to help fight the dark one.  Rand has to come to grips with who he really is and so must is friends.  They travel through their world and others to get to the Horn and to drive out a horrible group of invaders in the borderland.
Be ready for excitement and many other things that Jordan has created in a world that can't be explained but must be experienced as the wheel turns and weaves out the lives of those involved in this epic adventure.

This book comes from Stephen M.R. Covey son of legendary author Stephen R. Covey (author 7 Habits of Highly Effective People).  Stephen M.R. teaches us about how trust can improve speed and effectiveness in every aspect of our lives.  The main focus is on business but he has plenty of ways trust applies in our personal lives as well.  We learn different ways trust works and also 13 ways to build the right kind of trust with others and ourselves.  If you work in an environment of low trust than read this book, even if you are trustworthy you learn how to extend trust and build it in other as well.  Plus he gives irrefutable evidence that trust matters and how to approach low trust situations.

Pick up a copy here or at your local FranklinCovey store.