The Mindset Shift: When a Book Becomes a Mirror

Transformation starts with a moment of reflection. The Change The Game Program gives young people the tools to do what most systems never taught them: think critically, see themselves differently, and write a new story.

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By T.M. Jefferson | The Power Report | www.ctgpro.org

10/7/20251 min read

He sits quietly in a classroom, head down, eyes locked on the CTG workbook. You might think he’s just reading. But what’s really happening is something deeper. He’s seeing himself, maybe for the first time, through a different lens. That’s the power of Change The Game.

It’s not about lectures, punishments, or statistics. It’s about transformation. Each page of the CTG workbook guides young people through reflection, ownership, and action. It challenges the stories they’ve been told, and the ones they tell themselves, about who they are and what they can become.

In a world quick to label, CTG teaches them how to redefine. In a system built to recycle struggle, CTG shows them how to break cycles.

And for every young person who’s ever felt like their future was already decided, CTG hands them a new pen and says, “Write your own.”

What you’re witnessing in that photo isn’t just a student, it’s proof of concept. It’s the seed of a leader. Because when a book becomes a mirror, that’s when the real work begins.