Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Motivating Youth: A New Book Offers Adults Strategies to Engage and Support Young People
A new book teaches adults how to motivate young people, like employees or students, to take on challenges and learn better.
The book shares stories from a bank manager and a math teacher who faced similar problems and offers solutions to help young people see the point of hard work and learning.
Damon Munchus, a former manager at JP Morgan, faced challenges motivating young employees to take home loan applications seriously.
Pearla, an eighth-grade math teacher, struggles to motivate students to see the purpose of learning math.
A new book, '10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People', offers adults strategies to mentor and engage young people.
The book aims to help adults create a deeper, more meaningful reason for young people to grow and learn.
The book's lessons can be applied to various situations, from workplaces to classrooms.
- Who
- Damon Munchus (former JP Morgan manager) and Pearla (eighth-grade math teacher)
- What
- Faced challenges motivating young people to take on tasks and learn
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- JP Morgan and an eighth-grade classroom in Texas
- Why
- To help young people see the purpose and value of hard work and learning
Author's Perspective
Students' Perspective
Purpose of Learning
Author's Perspective
Adults see the long-term benefits of learning, like logical reasoning for career goals.
Students' Perspective
Students struggle to see the immediate purpose and value of learning, especially for harder topics.
- Book Title
- '10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People'
- Author
- David Yeager
- Primary Category
- EDUCATION
- Secondary Category
- Motivation and Engagement
- Tertiary Category
- Young People
- Quaternary Category
- Strategies and Techniques