Learn Key Skills for Academic, Career & Life Success

The Pass The Torch - Professional Development Workbook & Guide Course is the ultimate game changer!

This course is designed and tailored to empower any taker with knowledge and evidence-based techniques, that will unleash their untapped potential. This workbook will ultimately guide students through their transition to college and prepare them to be a standout in their career! Mr. Mark has not only laid out the foundation for scholarly success, but he has also incorporated basic business information into life lessons, while sharing his personal testimony with failures and successes he survived through his collegiate and professional transition.

– Sterling

Set A Course to Professional Success!


Here's how this course will help you get headed in the right direction.

  • Adopting an Empowering Mindset

    Learning to adopt an empowering attitude is invaluable in reaching success. Learn how to transform your mindset from one of limitation to one of positivity. We'll also teach you how to find uplifting mentors. With a great mindset and great mentors, you'll can go further than expected!

  • Avoiding Risky Behaviors

    There is a whole slew of behaviors and attitudes that can derail your success. We will teach what they are and how to avoid them. By becoming intimately aware of them and their harmful consequences, you will be self-motivated to steer clear them and ensure your success.

  • Working Effectively With Others

    Relationship and communication skills are vital to your success! In this course, you will learn these critical skills to ensure a much smoother and quicker path to success. Many of us are unaware of how poor we are with these skills, and we will help you identify and address your weaknesses.

  • Building Your Personal Brand

    A personal brand is a consistent story of who you are and the value you offer. Learning how to define and apply a coherent personal brand can help you achieve success. This course will teach you to use reflection to develop a brand image and create an action plan to build your brand.

  • Presenting Yourself Effectively

    Learning how to present yourself well is essential to your success. Your presentation includes how you covey yourself and your skills in job search emails, job fair interactions, resumes and cover letters, and how you dress and speak. First impressions are important! We teach you how.

  • Mastering the Interview

    Interviews can be daunting. This course will teach you best practices for acing your interviews, including identifying tough interview questions and constructing and practicing your responses to them. Mastering the art of interviewing will help you land your dream job!

Course Curriculum


  • 1

    Introduction to Pass The Torch: Professional Development Course

    • How to Use This Curriculum

  • 2

    Lesson 1: Developing a Mindset to Create Generational Wealth

    • Intro to Developing a Mindset to Create Generational Wealth

    • Activity A (20 mins): Read Passage
  • 3

    Lesson 2: Avoiding Risky Behaviors - The Unforeseen

    • Intro to Avoiding Risky Behaviors - The Unforeseen

    • Activity A (25 mins): Read Passage
  • 4

    Lesson 3: Managing Situational Conflict

    • Intro to Managing Situational Conflict

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (25 mins)
  • 5

    Lesson 4: Building Your Brand

    • Intro to Building Your Brand

    • Activity A (20 mins): Read Lesson

    • Activity D: Read Lesson(10 mins)
  • 6

    Lesson 5: Resume & Cover Letter Building

    • Intro to Resume & Cover Letter Building

    • Activity A (20 mins): Read Lesson

    • Activity C (10 mins): Read Lesson

  • 7

    Lesson 6: Elevator Pitch

    • Intro to Elevator Pitch

    • Activity A (15 mins): Read Lesson
  • 8

    Lesson 7: First Impressions

    • Intro to First Impressions

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (15 mins)
  • 9

    Lesson 8: Dressing for Success

    • Intro to Dressing For Success

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (20 mins)
  • 10

    Lesson 9: Preparing for a Productive Job Fair

    • Intro to Preparing for a Productive Job Fair

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (15 mins)

  • 11

    Lesson 10: Mastering the Interview

    • Intro to Mastering the Interview

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (30 mins)
  • 12

    Lesson 11: Intro to Financial Literacy

    • Intro to Financial Literacy

    • Activity A: Read Lesson (30 mins)

  • 13

    **Bonus Material: The Power of Mentorship

    • The Power of Mentorship
  • 14

    **Bonus Material: The Entreprenuer in You

    • The Entreprenuer in You
  • 15

    Academic Grind Poem

    • Academic Grind| Written by: Sterling Mark

  • 16

    Resource Page

    • Resources
  • 17

    Glossary

    • Glossary

What Students are Saying

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Leah Wallace, M.B.A

Mr. Mark, Pass the Torch ~ Professional Development Workbook & Guide is awesome! Your testimony is inspiring and I like the way you incorporate basic business knowledge into life lessons, like branding and SWOT. I absolutely love your idea and your passion for what you are doing is real!

Helped Me Immensely!

Patsy Elrod, Angelina College Student

Pass the Torch ~ Professional Development Workbook & Guide has helped me more than any other book that I have read in my life.

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