The Purpose-guided Student: Dream to Succeed

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Part 1 The Life Wedge
	1 Dreams: Drawing Your Life Wedge
		Splitting Wood
		Why College?
		The Practical Reason: Earning Power
		The Personal Reason: Interests and Passions
		The Other Reason: Finding Your Way
		Journal Entry: Your Reason for College
		The Dream
		The Making of Dreams
		Understanding Dreams and Dreammaking
		Mature Dreams vs. Immature Dreams
		Journal Entry: The Maturity of Your Dreams
		In Defense of Immature Dreams
		Pursuing Mature Dreams
		Journal Entry: Dreaming Mature Dreams
		The Struggle
		Stronger Dreams
		Journal Entry: Developing a Plan
		The Motivation of Mature Dreams
		Journal Entry: The Motivation Behind Your Dreams
		Honoring Your Dreams: The Drum Principle
		The Wedge Principle
		A Closer Look at the Wedge Principle
		Constructing an Instrument Panel
		Moving Toward Your Ideal Wedge
		Closing Thoughts on the Wedge Charts
		Journal Entry: Questions to Help Sharpen Your Wedge
		Chapter 1 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise 1: Goal Setting
		Application Exercise 2: Tracking Your Week
		Reminders
	2 Heroes and Their Causes
		On the Steps of History
		Bigger Than a Dream
		Heroes: Championing a Cause
		Journal Entry: Identifying Your Heroes
		A Foundation in Values
		Noble and Ignoble Causes
		Journal Entry: Examining Your Heroes’ Values
		From Values to Character
		Journal Entry: Examining Your Values
		Actions: The Courage of Conviction
		Walking the Talk: A Daily Challenge
		Journal Entry: Learning from the Struggle
		Causes and College Students
		Gaining by Giving
		Finding Your Cause
		Journal Entry: Causes to Consider
		Preparing to Succeed: Connecting Your Cause to Your Wedge
		Learning from Leaders: The Jaime Escalante Story
		Journal Entry: Escalante’s Wedge
		Analyzing the Dream Speech
		Journal Entry: Revisiting Your Wedge
		Chapter 2 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise 1: Refining Goals
		Application Exercise 2: Tracking Your Second Week
		Reminder
	3 The Connection to Class Work
		When Am I Ever Going to Need This?
		The Rigors and Requirements of the College Curriculum
		Eureka Moments Amidst the Requirements
		Journal Entry: My Eureka Moments
		Connecting Class Work to Your Life Wedge
		Journal Entry: Finding Context
		Reexamining Required Texts
		Learning from Logic and Reasoning
		Journal Entry: Applying Deductive Logic to Your Course Work
		Journal Entry: Applying Inductive Logic to Your College Life
		Choices: Defining Our Path to, through, and beyond College
		Being Observant on the Road Taken
		Journal Entry: Observations on Your College Path
		Rosa Parks and the Crossroads Principle
		Journal Entry: Lessons from the Crossroads
		The Story of “The Crossroads”
		Journal Entry: A Landmark Crossroads on Your Path
		Chapter 3 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Recognizing Learning Preferences
		Reminder
Part 2 The Big Picture Approach
	4 Willpower and Waypower
		The Forging of a Nation
		A Powerful Resolve
		Help on the Way
		A Will Tested, a Way Found
		Motivation: The Foundation of Willpower
		The Herzberg Principle
		Journal Entry: Dissatisfaction vs. Satisfacation
		The Alfie Kohn Principle
		Journal Entry: Your Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
		What Keeps Students in College?
		RISE to the Challenge: Finding Your Waypower
		Washington’s RISE at Valley Forge
		From Shepherd to Sage
		RISE and Cheer
		Journal Entry: RISE to Your Challenge
		Challenges All College Students Face
		Common College Challenges
		Journal Entry: Recognizing the Challenge
		Formal Challenges
		Reaching Out for Help
		Journal Entry: Support Systems
		Chapter 4 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Willpower and Waypower
		Reminder
	5 Hope and Perseverance
		The Price of Freedom
		A Lifetime of Struggle and Perseverance
		Perseverance Rewarded
		The Mandela Principle
		Journal Entry: Struggle and Perseverance
		The Impact of Hope
		The Hope Scale
		Journal Entry: Evaluating Your Hope Score
		Traits of High-Hope Individuals
		Journal Entry: Your Hope Traits
		Being Proactive or Passive
		Journal Entry: From Passive to Proacitve
		The Other Side of Hope: Despair
		The Tough Get Going
		Chapter 5 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Characteristics of Hope and Despair
		Reminder
	6 Seeing the Big Picture
		The Brush Strokes and the Canvas
		The Brush Strokes and the Canvas in Context
		The Big Picture Approach: Art Imitates Life
		The Power of Perspective
		Making Decisions in the Big Picture
		Journal Entry: Adding Perspective to Decision Making
		Perspective and Problem Solving
		Journal Entry: With a Little Help from My Friends
		Access Points and Academics
		Setting Priorities in Perspective
		Journal Entry: Perspective and Priorities
		A New Perspective on Motivation
		Journal Entry: What’s Your Big-Picture Motivation?
		Applying the Big Picture Approach
		Chapter 6 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Worst-Case Scenario
		Reminder
Part 3 A Purpose-Guided Plan Chapter
	7 Taking Ownership of Your Education
		An Amateur Effort
		The STIC Method
		Taking Charge of Routine Tasks
		Journal Entry: A Routine You Can STIC To
		Taking Responsibility for Learning
		A Big Picture Approach to How We Learn
		Journal Entry: Identifying Your Learning Objectives
		Intentional Inquiry: Becoming an Active Learner
		Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
		Ascending and Descending: Interpreting the Allegory
		From Knowledge to Power: Learning to Act
		A Reminder to Act: One Student’s Life Wedge Story
		Journal Entry: E-mail Exercise
		Assessment: Evaluating Action, Directing Learning
		Journal Entry: Learning Assessment
		Chapter 7 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Learning into Action
		Reminder
	8 Writing Your Own Story: The Power of Purpose
		Common Folks Can Bring Uncommon Blessings
		How Will Your Story Read?
		The Central Role of Purpose
		Journal Entry: Analyzing Your College’s Mission
		Purpose in Practice on Campus
		Defining the Why: A Personal Mission Statement
		Journal Entry: A Personal Mission Statement
		Purpose-Guided Learning
		By Default or By Design
		Being in the Story
		Journal Entry: Applying the Proximity Principle
		A Commitment to Lifelong Learning
		From College to the “Real World”
		Journal Entry: Looking Forward
		Journaling: The Value of Reflecting on Your Story
		Journal Entry: Reflecting on Your Journal
		Closing Thoughts, Opening Questions
		Chapter 8 Review
		Summary of Major Concepts
		Key Terms
		Application Exercise: Write an Op-Ed Piece
		Reminder
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