Part 1 Empowerment 3.0 -- "Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)" / Nikki Giovanni 3 -- 1 Young Sistah: Your FINE Destiny 5 -- 2 Designing Your Destiny in This New-School World 13 -- 3 Sistahs: As Unique as Snowflakes and Fingerprints 23 -- 4 J.J.: Journaling & Journeying Through Life: The Power of One 32 -- 5 Difference Between Need and Purpose 44 -- Part 2 Relationships: Family, Friends, and Boys -- 6 Ain't Nothin' but a "G" Thang: GOSSIP 59 -- 7 Parent Trap: You Can Choose Your Friends, but You Can't Choose Your Family 72 -- 8 R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: How a Boy Should Treat You 81 -- 9 Taboo Topic: SEX 93 -- 10 Sex, Lies, and Texting: The Lies Boys Tell 102 -- 11 Daddy's Little Girl: How Shadows Can Loom Large 113 -- Part 3 Overcoming Obstacles -- 12 Breakup, No Makeup 125 -- 13 Words Have Power: The B, H, and T Words 133 -- 14 Double Jeopardy: Racism and Sexism as Obstacles to Success 142 -- 15 Food for Thought 151 -- 16 Hillified Hugs: Dealing with the Blues 160 -- 17 "It Really Hurts": Dealing with More Than Just the Blues 165 -- Part 4 Your Future -- 18 Educatin' Excellence 175 -- 19 New Cool Money Rule 185 -- 20 Deadliest Trap: Staying Out of the Debt Pit 193 -- 21 Linked S's: Savings and Self-Empowerment 202 -- 22 Careering and Steering 215 -- Part 5 Wonderment of Life -- 23 Chocolate Cake and Four-Letter Words 229 -- 24 Your Heart: Always Follow It (Except with Boys) 236 -- 25 Throwing Off Limitations 243 -- 26 Seeing Rainbows: Wonderment of the Everyday 250 -- 27 Keys to REAL Happiness: Faith and Service 258 -- Final Letter: Time to Make History 268 -- E-mail: The Secret of How to Be Happy (Growing to Be Me) / Nikki Giovanni 275.

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