Girl Scout cookie sales are not just about raising money, in fact this is perhaps the least important part.
Among the different skills that they learn during this project and that they continue to use throughout their lives, we can count the following:
1. Set goals
Girl Scouts set goals that range from selling enough cookies to be able to go to summer camp to breaking their own records from previous years. Setting a goal is great teaching because it allows girls to normalize that they can have their own projects and that it is not a bad thing for them to pursue their own goals.
2. Quality of service
Almost everyone enjoys cookies, and buying cookies from Girl Scouts is a long-standing tradition. By offering their cookies, girls learn to relate to others, to speak, and to practice the ability to communicate clearly. This will be reflected throughout life in interpersonal relationships and in customer or consumer service.
3. Tolerance for frustration
Obviously, not everyone is going to want to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies, and girls learn to handle rejection in a positive way, without generating frustration, which will be of great help for the rest of their lives.