How to navigate life
The new science of finding your way in school, career, and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21511396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kendall Cotton Bronk (0000-0002-2619-8073, Claremont Graduate University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 504-508 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Moral Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7240 • E-ISSN: 1465-3877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057240.2025.2535260 |
| OpenAlex | W4413757257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond offers a compelling, empirically grounded framework for cultivating purpose among young adults and those guiding them. Divided into two parts, the book first outlines five principles of purpose, introducing the “purpose mindset” as an antidote to the performance and passion mindsets that dominate youth culture. The second half presents actionable strategies for parents, educators, and mentors to support young adults’ purpose development through psychologically safe relationships and purposeful exploration. This review highlights the book’s core contributions and raises generative questions about the broader contours of purpose: How does purpose manifest beyond occupational domains? What distinguishes a purpose mindset from purpose itself? And how could the authors’ framework be applied to help cultivate purpose among educators? These reflections underscore the book’s value as both a scholarly resource and a practical guide for nurturing purpose in an increasingly complex world
Career development · Pedagogy · Science education · Sociology · Psychology · Science Education and Perceptions · Social Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |