How to Motivate Young People 10 to 25: Leading the Next Generation – And Making Your Own Life Easier

While flipping through radio stations as I drove to a client’s office, I happened upon an interview with David Yeager, who is a developmental psychologist. At first, I wasn’t terribly interested because I dropped in when they were discussing parenting a young child, but as I listened, I realized how important his knowledge and recommendations were. He discussed the common phrases adults use when speaking to kids and young adults, and why those phrases completely backfire because of how the brain is wired.

If you are interested in motivating young people – or just plain surviving dealing with them – I highly recommend you give it a listen or a read.

If you have, know or work with a teenager or young adult, David Yeager’s research and communication techniques are absolutely vital! If you are parenting a child, you’ll want to practice these techniques before they become teens.

If you work in an office with people who complain about “kids today” or “those millennials” (who are actually Gen Z) when referring to co-workers or direct reports in their early to mid-20’s, this information is also very helpful.

Here is the interview I listened to.

If you’d like to read about his research and, even more importantly, have all of his communication techniques at your fingertips, here’s his book:

10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation – And Making Your Own Life Easier

 

If you don’t have time to read, it does come in an audio book format.

 

 

 

For tips on how to work more efficiently with others, check out The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer.

About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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