Mission:

"Cool Stuff" Media, Inc. provides fun and engaging sources of information, including books, audio programs, and speaking events to encourage, motivate, educate, and stimulate young people to thrive and succeed in the real world.  We are on a mission to:

    1.    Arm young people around the world with the tools they need to create the life they desire
    2.    Offer teachers valuable content (books and speaking services) to empower their students
    3.    Give parents valuable insight they can use to become better parents and raise kids they're proud of
 

Overview:

Today, teens and young adults face a multitude of challenges as they grow into young adults and move into the real world. Many young people are not receiving the guidance and life skills training they require from schools or adults to build a foundation of success. This is a serious and growing issue.  Where do these millions of young people turn for answers?  CSM was specifically created to provide a solution to this problem.

CSM was founded by Kent and Kyle Healy as teens after they realized their conventional education was not providing the life-skills needed for success both in and out of the classroom.  CSM is the leading brand in the personal development market for young people.  CSM provides useful and engaging information created by young people for young people. 

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Who are Kent & Kyle Healy? 

We were born in San Jose, which is in Northern California. Our first school, a public elementary school in the hills of Cupertino, had fewer than forty students. At ages nine and ten, our lives took a seriously weird turn. We thought our parents must be crazy when they dragged us halfway around the world to continue our lives in New Zealand! (Yes, it’s the country next to Australia). This was a place we knew nothing about. 

In New Zealand we learned to surf, dive, snowboard, wakeboard, build downhill mountain bike courses and BMX tracks, and of course, play the national game of rugby. It seemed we were never bored. If you couldn't find us diong one of the previous activities then we were managing our surf/skate/skimboard business, working at the local surf club as lifeguards, or playing sports.  Lifeguarding was an espeically unique undertaking. Our patrol area included a nudist beach, inhabited mostly by old, flabby people—we still have nightmares.

Our lives were always changing. Every day was completely different, and our commitment to sports only made things more complicated. In total, we attended five different high schools, lived in eight different houses, and resided in six different cities. It was exciting, but sometimes it was tough too. “Character building,” some would say. One thing is for sure: We grew up looking at life a little bit differently …

Kent Healy:

Twitter: @Kent_Healy

Facebook: Here

Kent is a successful entreprenuer, highly requested speaker, and the author of many books.   He discovered his passion as a teenager when he realized that he was not getting taught some very important life-skills in school.  To address this problem, he partnered with his brother at age 17 to write his first book, “Cool Stuff” They Should Teach In School.  Since the book has been released in 2005 the overwhelming positive feedback drove Kent and his brother to found a publishing company called “Cool Stuff” Media, Inc. (CSM). He has also been invited on hundreds of radio and TV shows around the country.

Kent is a columnist for several newspapers and he also writes feature articles in various magazines across the country.  For one year, he composed a weekly half-page feature in the Orange County Register (over 300,000 circulation) used by schools throughout Orange County. 

His writing has caught the attention of internationally recognized authors.  Jack Canfield, the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, invited Kent to write The Success Principles for Teens based on his current international best-selling book, The Success Principles.  

See what best-selling author, Jack Canfield has to say about Kent: (click on the image to watch the video)

Kent taught high school course he created titled, “The Science Of Success.”  This course showed students how to take complete control of their thoughts and actions by understanding the psychology of achievement.  He also personally coaches teens and adults to help them reach their full potential. 

 He has spoken to numerous schools and organizations and has a passion for helping other people improve their lives. 

Other:

• Kent was selected from people across the nation to be one of ten contestants on a new groundbreaking TV show called, The Messengers.  On this show, he competed as the youngest contestant for the title: “America’s Next Great Inspirational Speaker.”
• Kent was part of the Business Honors program and was selected by the Harvard Business School Association to receive a monetary scholarship rewarding his entrepreneurial efforts.
  
• He also earned member to Phi Theta Kappa for his dedication to scholarly success.
• In New Zealand, Kent placed in the top two percent of high school students for graphic and industrial design. 
  
• He holds an advanced Scuba Diver’s License, two national titles for water polo in New Zealand, and worked as a beach lifeguard (NZ) for three years. 
  
• He was named MVP on his high school varsity swim team. 
  
• He graduated from Los Altos High School (Northern California) and is currently attending USC.
• Kent enjoys surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and the opportunity to travel and experience diverse cultures. He also has an interest in extreme sports—although twenty-four hours a day just isn’t enough time to do it all.
• See what Mark Victor Hansen (co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul) has to say about Kent

Connect with Kent:

• Get the latest uncommon life tips from Kent.  Vist his blogs below:
• TheUncommonLife.com and MaximsForMavericks.com
  
• To get a FREE copy of his book, Maxims for Mavericks, here .
• Visit Kent's personal website here: www.kenthealy.com

Kyle Healy:

Kyle was a beach lifeguard in New Zealand for three years, and was chosen as a member of the regional basketball team for “Bay of Plenty,” New Zealand. He was also a member of the NZ water polo team, which won two National titles. His California club team won the British Columbia Men’s Open water polo tournament in 2003 and placed fourth in the Men’s 18 & under 2003 Junior Olympic games. Kyle was the Captain of the Golden West College water polo team, which placed second in state two years in a row. (bummer) Kyle will be attending and playing water polo at UCLA, starting the summer of 2006.

He graduated from San Clemente High School in 2004 and was named Most Valuable Offensive Player for water polo that year. Kyle was also chosen for the First Team 2003 All-CIF Southern Section Boys Water Polo. He won the 100-yard freestyle in his League swimming championships as a high school senior. He is now a UCLA alumn.

Kyle is personable, enjoys meeting people, and has a great sense of humor.   In his spare time he surfs, snowboards, wakeboards, skimboards and skateboards. In addition, Kyle has an interest in traveling, hunting, fishing, music, motor sports, the outdoors.

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