10 TO 25 by David Yeager is subtitled "The Science of Motivating Young People" and is self-described as "A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation—And Making Your Own Life Easier." I am honestly not sure how "groundbreaking" this text is, although it seems likely to make relationships easier as Yeager stresses the responsibility of involved adults to adjust their own mindset, setting high standards while intentionally becoming more aware of young people's need for respect. Building on case studies and interviews with successful mentors, 10 TO 25 offers an important perspective and provides numerous helpful suggestions for working with the next generation. Yeager is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and has conducted research with Carol Dweck (Mindset), Angela Duckworth (Grit), and Gregory Walton (Ordinary Magic, forthcoming). His dozen chapters deal with taking action related to traits like Transparency, Questioning, and Belonging. The final section, called Putting It into Practice, includes specific "activities and pieces of advice" related to key ideas. Encouraging readers to keep a journal as they work through the exercises, Yeager notes that he uses these interventions in his own work and co-developed them with Rosalind Wiseman (author of Queen Bees and Wannabes). That section is an excellent summary and guide; it is followed by an extensive (roughly twenty percent of the book) series of notes and references. Booklist calls 10 TO 25 a "goldmine..." We have ordered this title and know it will receive much interest, especially at this high energy time of year as schools are opening.

This is a thoroughly interesting book for supervisors, leaders, educators, coaches and parents. The author takes the reader through understanding the mindset of 10- to 25-year-olds, the mentor mindset in relation to the generational divide, and inclusive practices that resonate with the younger crowd. Of particular interest to me is The Wise Feedback Study and The Mentor's Dilemma. What once worked well no longer works. The author takes us on a journey of discovery and research analytics to lead us to a place of deeper understanding and hence greater competency in coaching and leading this younger demographic. Five stars.

I received a digital copy of 10 to 25 from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I read the book from the perspective of a parent of young adults, and of someone working a public-facing job who encounters and works with people of this age on a fairly regular basis.

I found the information in this book to be somewhat helpful and applicable for both my professional life as well as my home life. Particularly useful were the chapters introducing mentorship and on stress (interesting about use of AI and wearables - very up-to-date.)

While the many case studies were interesting, as a whole I found the book to be a tad bit exhaustive and repetitive and it was difficult to get through the entire book.
I feel that it could have been trimmed a lot and still have the points shine through. I personally would have liked more of the lists formatted as lists and not merely in paragraph form. That would make it a little easier to find and refer back to.

I think this book would be most helpful for managers, teachers, and police officers. It was a little too extensive for me as a parent, but it might be more helpful for someone in a different situation/application.

There were also several typos, but given that this was not the final version, I would assume that those will be corrected before publication.

Thank you NetGalley for the ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Interesting premise with some good studies, but overall not for me. I could not get into this at all, it took me aaaages to finish, I feel like the point was made very early on and it just kept repeating itself over and over in different ways.