The new science of finding your way in school, career, and beyond
An evidence-based decision-making framework designed to help parents, students and professionals make life's biggest decisions.
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About Belle & Tim
How To Navigate Life is the culmination of 40+ years of combined experience and research by Dr. Belle Liang and Tim Klein, two award-winning educators, mental health professionals, and parents who have dedicated their lives to helping young people thrive.
How our best intentions hurt our students
Discover the science of purpose and how our best intentions as parents, educators and mentors can often hurt students
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The deeply-researched book that parents and mentors have been waiting for!... The compassion and practical guidance will open your heart to authentic relationships with your students as they discover and pursue their true purpose.
If you know anyone trying to find direction or make a good decision in school, career, or life, send this book immediately and tell them that there is hope.
Today, the road from adolescence to adulthood can feel painfully narrow and full of pressures, competition and uncertainty... Liang and Klein prove otherwise.
Liang and Klein pull back the curtain on true success in college and career, and guide anxious parents and students towards a life of purpose and contentment.
...too many young people are growing up anxious and unhappy, believing that only ever-greater achievement can eventually provide fulfillment...Thankfully, Belle Liang and Tim Klein offer another way: a scientifically-based yet practical way of helping children, teens, and young adults create successful and fulfilling lives built on purpose.
Book chapters
We'll help you understand, identify, and articulate the 5 principles of purpose and show you how to apply them in school, work, and life.
Chapter 1: Mindset
Avoid the pitfalls of the performance & passion mindsets and become your best self by committing to a purpose mindset.
Chapter 2: Games
Unlock the power of intrinsic motivation by learning to play growth games even when competing in fixed games.
Chapter 3: Skill sets
Thrive in a rapidly changing world of work by future-proofing your skills as a creator, facilitator, or driver.
Chapter 4: Value Archetypes
Find your people and your place by adding value as a Trailblazer, Builder, Champion, or Guardian.
Chapter 5: Needs in the world
Change the world to change yourself by meeting the big five needs in the world.
Chapter 6-9: Applying Purpose
Learn how to use the 5 principles of purpose as a parent, in school, college, and the work place.
First, we'll walk you through step one: Identifying Purpose
Real-life stories
Real-life stories from our award-winning work with young people that illustrate the power and importance of each principle of purpose.
Promising Research
Accessible overview of the most promising research and evidence-based best practices from our lab and the field showing why each principle of purpose is critical in helping young people thrive.
Strategies and resources
Strategies and Resources, including activities and worksheets that can be used to help students understand and apply each purpose principle.
Then we'll show you how to Pursue Purpose
Decision Making
Use the 5 principles of purpose as a decision-making tool to determine what to do in high school, what college to attend, what major to pick, and what future work to pursue.
Building Key Relationships
Explore purpose in life by building key relationships, finding meaningful opportunities, and gaining relevant knowledge.
Communicating Purpose
Communicate purpose, whether in an interview, in a college essay, resume, or cover letter.
Special Order Offer
Pre-order our book to gain access to our evidence-based, award-winning tools to apply our purpose principles in school, career, & life.
Purpose Mindset Assessment
Take our mindset assessment to understand whether you and your people have a performance, passion, or purpose mindset and how that impacts parenting, school, college, and career performance.
Live Webinar Training
We'll share our research on the different mindsets and their implications for you and your people. You will also learn tangible strategies to adopt a purpose mindset needed to thrive.
Exclusive Community Access
Share your parenting stories, learn from other parents, get our opinion and help your students find their purpose.