Gretel Maya

UWRT 1102
November 8th, 2016

Annotated Bibliography
BRONK, KENDALL COTTON. PURPOSE IN LIFE. Place of Publication Not Identified:
iiiiiiSPRINGER,2016. Print.
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400774902#about Authors
Dr. Kendall Cotton is a psychologist who always have been interested in in the moral of youth
development. She has investigated positive youth development for the past 12 years. Her
research includes the youth development and ways young people can find their life purpose. Dr.
Bronk teaches masters, undergraduate and doctoral classes on human development, lifespan
development, adolescent development and some research methods. Dr. Bronk is interested in the
methodology which is more exemplary development.
This book is a Secondary Source. This book is outlined in 4 parts. This book starts out by
defining what purpose is. It gives theories like how the people who have a positive vision of life
are more likely to survive in a bad situation. It gives the theories of Frankl, who was in a
concentration camp and he found the meaning to life. Then the book goes into types of inspiring
purpose. This section highlights how the different types of purpose like religion purpose and
familiy purpose are completely different. We may one have one life purpose, or we might have
more than one purpose in life. The book goes into how different types of group experience
purpose in life. This section helps you understand how different people view and interpret life
meaning. The book also gives us an idea how negative life experiences sometimes block us from
finding our life purpose. It shows how different types of things can make us blind and not let us
find our meaning in life. This book goes on and it gives the different types of perspectives of
purpose as young people are developing. The two psychologists describe the stages of youth
development as they discover life purpose.
This book relates to my topic because it helps me understand how each and every person has a
different purpose. Everyday I try to compete with people to better than them, but I have realized
that they might be better at something else than me. I realized that it is okay that people are better
in other things because people have different purposes. Also, this book has the different
definitions of purpose and how it has been interpreted in different cultures which can help my
essay.
Reflection:

This book has 4 main sections. It starts out by psychologically introducing defining what is
purpose. The second section goes how to measure the concepts of life purpose. The third section
goes into how stress and other human and psychological behaviors affect the perspective of
purpose. The most important section of this book is the purpose across lifespan, and how
perspective of purpose changes as people develop. I would use this information in my essay
because it provides evidence about how purpose is different for each and every person. This
book is has a lot of evidence because it is the research of Dr. Cotton and Dr. Bronk together.
Their research was very helpful for me to understand better my topic. Each individual has a
different purpose. I learned that in order to find my purpose, I have to be open minded.

Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998. Print.

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author who wrote The Alchemist, which sold 35 million copies. The
book is also the most translated book wrote by a currently living author. Coelho has published

more than 25 books and journals. He is one of the most successful writers of today. Coelho has
received many honors and awards. Most of his works are fiction but they impact every reader of
his works.
This Book focuses on the journey of a boy who wants to go discover his treasure. On his way,
many things happen to the boy that he does not realize he has found many great things. He has a
lot of internal conflict with himself, he does not know what he really wants in life, he is
determined to make all the trip to the pyramids and find the hidden treasure. When he gets to the
pyramids, he learns his treasure is not buried in the pyramids, but in a church back where he
started his journey. The purpose of this book is that even though Santiago encountered many
obstacles on his journey to find the treasure, he kept going. He did not let anything stop him and
just wanted to follow his dream. He thought he was meant to find that treasure. This fiction book
is meant to inspire people to find their meaning of life and to follow their dreams no matter how
hard it is to do it.
This book relates to my topic of finding ones purpose in life because it focuses on the journey of
a boy to find his treasure and his meaning of life. This book helped me understand that
sometimes we do not need to go anywhere to find our meaning in life. Sometimes the things we
are meant to do are right in front of us and sometimes we do not even know.
Reflection:
This book focuses on three main issues. These are the desire to find the meaning of life, how
perspective completely changes your life and how what we think we want is not really what we
want or our necessity. I would use this information if I was to write an essay about my topic
because sometimes in order to find our meaning of life we need to have a good perspective in
life. We need to open our eyes to the most beautiful things in our life which are the simplest
things. This book is mostly based on the authors opinion about life. He was written other works
that reflects his opinions about life. The main audience of this book is anyone who is feeling lost
and want to find a new meaning to life. This book really did help me understand my topic better
because different stories of different people with different perspectives help change my own
perspective.

Damon, William. The Path to Purpose: Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life. New
iiiiiiYork: Free, 2008. Print.
Damon William is a Professor of Education at Stanford University. Mr. Damon has a Ph.D. in
developmental psychology. Mr. William is the author of 18 books and also has articles about
education and human development. His research has been mentioned in some national
publications like New York Times and USA Today. He also has been on national tv shows like

Oprah, Morning Edition to talk about his research. Mr. Damon was elected to the National
Academy of Education.
The Path to Purpose book focuses more on the troubles young people have to find their life
purpose. The books main idea is that somehow society is keeping young people away from
finding their life meaning. It mentions that how short term goals are taking over long term goals.
The book mostly focuses on how parents are the ones mainly not helping achieve long term
goals. It mentions that parents want the task of the day to be done, but do not inspire their
children to think about the future. It mentions how even though short term goals, like doing
chores and homework, are crucial to life, they do not let young people think about the things they
would like to do. The book mentions how the life of young people differs from the life of young
people before. He mentions that before it was easier to find life meaning. There wasnt as many
things as we have today in the world. Society has drastically change and opportunities have
increased. He mentions that parents and teachers cannot really identify the purpose of a kid, but
instead talk to them and inspire them to find the things they love.
This book relates to my topic because I am trying to find to inspire people to find their life
purpose. I feel this book is very true. Society now has a totally different perspective than it had
before. My parents really never really talked about my inspirations, rather focused more on the
short term goals. Currently I have no idea what I want to do in my life. I really have never had
teachers talk to about my long term life goals. As opportunities have increased, there are so many
things to choose from that I do not have any idea what I want to do. This book relates so much to
me because I am having trouble deciphering my purpose.
Reflection:
This book focuses on three main issues. One of them is how parents are not inspiring their
children to think about their purpose. The second one is how society is shaping the destiny of
people. The third one is how different opportunities have made it harder for people to think about
what they want to do. The ideas provided in this book have a lot of evidence because the book
was based on a study the author did before writing the book. The book is very specific and does
really get you thinking because it provides different ways and different views to try to change
your perspective. This text was very helpful and helped me understand some of the factors that
are keeping me from trying to find my life purpose.

Guinness, Os. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Nashville, TN:
iiiiiiiiW Pub. Group, 2003. Print.

Os Guinness is a social critic and also an author. Os has written more than 30 books for different
topics.. Os has served as the Executive Director of of the Williamsburg Charter Foundation. Os
Guinness has also spoken at many different top universities, including Oxford University in
England. Os also helped draft The Williamsburg Charter, which also has published in at the
European Union Parliament in 2012.

This book is a secondary source.The Calling, is more like a spiritual and religious calling book.
One of the main ideas of the book is that God has a calling for each and every one of us. In this
book, Os outlines how to make everyday life more meaningful. He mentions that even when you
have done everything you possibly can to make you happy, sometimes is not enough. He
mentions that we have to find pleasure in every little thing we do in order to be happy and find
our purpose. He mentions that always searching for the next big thing in our life will never
satisfy us. One of the biggest point in the book is to follow Jesus and to answer his calling. He
describes in his book, the callings that were in the Bible to give an example of how these callings
have been answered.
This book relates to my topic because it does tell me to find pleasure in every single thing I do in
life to be happy and find purpose. Even though I still want to find my life purpose in the future, I
am going to start by enjoying the simplest things in life. I feel like I always about tomorrow
instead of enjoying the today. Enjoying the smallest things in life could make me happy, I just
have to try it in order to find out if it really makes me happy.
Reflection:
This article has two main points. The first one is to follow Jesus and answer his calling since he
is the one that can help you achieve everything in life. The second main point is to start out by
enjoying the little things in life. I would use this information in my essay, as a maybe starting
point on the journey to purpose. I feel like this book doesnt really have a lot of evidence because
the answer to everything is Jesus, but this book does get you thinking. This text was very helpful
to me because it helped me have a new perspective of life. We go through life everyday getting
mad about everything when we have to be thankful we have a roof over our heads and food to
eat. Also it helped me realize that the smallest things in life for me might be the biggest thing in
life for somebody else.

"Life Purpose and Career: Interview with Ann Hogan." T1Q. N.p., 17 Oct. 2010. Web. 15
iiiiiiNov.2016. iiii<http://www.theonequestion.com/life-purpose-articles/life-purpose-andcareer-interview-witiiiiiiih-annhogan/>.
Ann Hogan is the person being interviewed. She is a life career coach with more than 20 years
of experience. She is a parent, school and community volunteer. She also is a member of the and
facilitator of the Certified Life Skills and she is a career development coach.
This is a Primary Source. Ann Hogan is being interviewed about careers and finding life purpose.
This Interview has 10 main questions. One of the most important questions they ask her is if she
has found her life purpose and how she found it. She talks about how and the things she did to
find her life purpose. One of the most important things she mentioned was that she had spent the
time she needed to reflect on life experiences. She also talks about ways she has found to find
what she really loves like what kind of job would she had if she had no pay. When she asked

herself that question, she knew she was meant to be a coach. She mentions to follow your
intuition and feelings and to leave all the fear behind. She also makes a very important point,
that life purpose sometimes does not have to deal with the job you have. We can have many
different types of purposes like career, family, self. The only thing is that 40 hours of your life
per week go to your job, therefore you might wanna do something that fills you.
This book relates to my topic because she is being interviewed on how she found her life
purpose. She mentions some strategies she used to find the things she loved. Sometimes when I
think about life, I start thinking about the questions she suggested could help. I feel like I have so
many answers and I just cannot pick one. One of the hardest questions for me is If you had a
job with no pay, what would that job be. I feel like I still have to reflect on a lot of things so I
can find my passion like she did.
Reflections
This interview focuses on three main ways to find your life purpose. 1. Go with your gut feelings
and your intuition, do not let fear trap you inside of your own head. 2. Do what you really love
even if you are not getting a big salary, at the end most of your life is wasted at your job. 3. Plan
whatever you want to do and then do it. I would totally use this information in my essay, maybe
these steps or these three main things will help people open their mind and think about what they
are meant to do. I feel like this interview does has evidence because the evidence is herself. She
went through the process of looking what she was meant to do in life. Now she is a career coach
which makes her a more credible source. This text was very helpful to me because by reading
about someone who actually found her life purpose gives me hope of trying to find mine and
helps me provide an example of someone who did do it. This will show my audience that it is not
impossible trying to find life purpose.
Wood, Kevin James. "How to Find Your Lifes Purpose and Make Yourself a Better Person."
iiiiiiLifehackN.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2016.
iiiii<http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/how-find-your-lifes-purpose-and-make-yourselfbiiiiiietter-person.html>.
Kevin James Wood is the author of two books and many articles. His main two books are mostly
about personal growth and heartfelt poetry. He is 26 years old and dropped out of college a
semester before graduating. He has had no real job since High School but loves to contribute to
websites with articles about personal motivation.
This article focuses mainly on the things one should do and think to find ones purpose in life.
First of all we have to ask ourselves why do we want to find our purpose in life. Maybe we want
to be a part of something greater, but we definitely have to get it to our heads that it is possible
finding our purpose. We also have to keep in mind that it will not be easy, that our inner demons
are always going to be there to take us out of our way but in the end it will be worth it. We need
to start by asking ourselves simple questions about our life, like what do I like to do?, what do I
enjoy?. Some questions will be hard, but we have to keep in mind that it will take time.

The author does not really have a critique because he does not have a lot of published books.
Some people though have criticized his articles because they have mentioned they did not help
them find their meaning to life.
This article relates to my topic since these are some of the things that we can do to find our life
meaning. We have to keep in mind that it will be hard and that it will not be easy. This relates a
lot because it has some questions that inspire us to think about life. What are the things we love
to do.? Personally, I love to do a lot of things and maybe that is why it is very hard for me
discovering what I want to be in life.
Reflection:
This article focuses on three main steps of finding our purpose in life. We first have to
understand that even though it might be impossible for a person to find their life meaning, it is
still very possible. We also have to understand that it may require hard work and might take time
and years in finding what we really live for. The third step is to really think about the things we
like to do. We have to think hard and even back to when we were kids. What are the things we
loved to do, and the most important what would your job be if you had no salary?. This articles
provides a lot of specific questions that really do get you thinking and contemplating about life. I
would use this questions if I was to write an essay to get my audience to start thinking about
some of the things they like to do and have their whole life run through their head as they are
reading my essay. The ideas on this article appear to be the opinion of the author since there is
really no psychological evidence supporting his questions or steps, but the article does get you
thinking.
The audience of this article is anyone who wants to find their purpose in life does not matter
what age group they belong in since it is never late to find your purpose.
This article really helped me understand better my topic. I am one of the persons that wants
everything fast. I realized, by reading this article, that I am not going to find my purpose of life
overnight. I will also encounter difficulties on the way, but it the end it will be worth it.