GREAT PICKS

Great Assessments:

  • Self Assessment by KS
  • Greatness Quiz

Great Reading

Thought Leaders

  • Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth by David Korten
  • Corporation by Joel Bakan
  • Avalanche by Brugh Joy
  • Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential by Barbara Marx Hubbard
  • Creativity in Business by Micheal Ray (with Rochelle Meyers)
  • Critical Path , Operating Manual for Space Ship Earth and all writings by R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Global Mind Change by Willis Harman
  • Jump Time:Shaping Your Future in a Time of Radical Change by Jean Houston
  • Leading In A Time of Change: What It Will Take To Lead Tomorrow by Peter F. Drucker
  • Out of the Crisis by Deming
  • Power vs Force:The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins, MD
  • The Chalice & The Blade by Riane Eisler
  • The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World by Paul H. Ray, Ph.D. and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.
  • The Dance of Change by Peter Senge
  • The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
  • The Spectrum of Consciousness by Ken Wilbur
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things can make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Waking Up in Time by Peter Russell
  • Choice Theory by William Glasser, MD

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Top About Visionaries

  • A Visonary Life by Mark Allen
  • Visionaries Have Wrinkles by Karen Sands
  • The Transformers by Jacqueline Small
  • Stewardship by Peter Block

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Science

  • Chaos Theory by Gleick
  • Chaos Theory Tamed by Garnett P. Williams
  • New Science of Life by Rupert Sheldrake
  • Synchronicity by Joseph Jaworski
  • Choice Theory by William Glasser, MD

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Social Evolution & Sustainability (books)

  • Consicous Evolution by Barbara Marx Hubbard
  • Dancing with the Tiger:Learning Sustainability Step Natural Step (Conscientious Commerce) by Brian Nattrass, Mary Altomare, Nicholas C. Sonntag
  • Plan B by Lester R. Brown
  • The Natural Step story:seeding a Quiet Revolution by Karl-Henrik Robert, Ray Anderson
  • Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken

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Future Studies

  • Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning by William Van Dusen Wishard
  • Navigating the Future by Tarlow
  • Our Final Hour by Sir Martin Rees
  • The 500 Year Delta:What happens After What Comes Next by Jim Taylor and Watts Wacker

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Leadership

  • The Visionary’s Handbook by Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor
  • Commitment to Quality by Patrick Townsend
  • Creativity in Business by Myers & Ray
  • Getting to the Better Future by John Renesch
  • How to Act Like a CEO by D. Benton
  • Leader as a Martial Artist by Arnold Mindel
  • Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman
  • Leadership: Self Deception by Arbinger Institute
  • Mary Parker Follet: Prophet of Management: A Celebration of Writings from the 1920′s by Pauline Graham, Editor
  • Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatizis and Annie Mckee
  • The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton
  • The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
  • The Perfect Labor Storm: Why Worker Shortages Won’t Go Away by Ira S. Wolfe
  • The Tao of Leadership by John Heider
  • Understanding Business Values and Motivators by Ira Wolfe
  • When the Canary Stops Singing by Pat Barentine
  • The New Business of Business by Willis Harman & Maya Pinto

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Self-Help, Personal Growth & Exploration:

  • A Year to Live by Stephen Levine
  • Addiction to Perfection by Marion Woodman
  • Chained to the Desk: A Guide for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children and all the Clincians who Treat Them by Brian E. Robinson, Phd.
  • Change Your Mind by Mahaney
  • Choice Theory by William Glasser
  • Frogs into Princes by Bandler & Grinder
  • Heartmath Solution by Childre & Martin
  • If you Meet Buddha On the Road, Kill Him by Sheldon Kopp
  • Inventing the Future by Marilee Zendack
  • Super Memory by Lynn Schroeder & Sheila Ostrander
  • The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz
  • Your Sacred Self by Wayne Dyer
  • Mastery by Geroge Leonard
  • Fulfill Your Soul’s Purpose, Ten Creative Paths to Your Mission, by Naomi Stevens, Phd.
  • Path with a Heart by Verna Ambliss
  • You’ll See It When You Believe It by Dr. Wayne Dyer•

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Consciousness, Soulwork & Transformation:

  • any book by Ken Wilbur
  • A Visionary Life by Mark Allen
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  • Passion for the Possible: A Guide for Realizing Your Potential by Jean Houston
  • Path of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
  • Path of the Spirit by Micheal Ray
  • Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
  • The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
  • The Issaiah Effect by Gregg Braden
  • The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard
  • The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
  • The Soul’s Code by James Hillman
  • Transformers by Susan Small
  • Witness to the Fire:Creativity & the Veil of Addiction by Linda Leonard
  • Dance of Anger by
  • Stormy Search for the Soul by Kristina Grof & Stanislav Grov, MD
  • Filling a Void by Dorothy Bilt
  • Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard
  • Meeting the Shadow by Connie Zwang & Jeremiah Aros

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Adult Development & Conscious Aging

  • Visionaries Have Wrinkles by Karen Sands
  • Ageless: by Karen Sands
  • Crossing the Canyon: A Woman’s Midlife Journey by Karen Sands
  • Great Old Broads Speak Out by Karen Sands
  • Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled the New Old by by Ken Dychtwald, Phd.
  • Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen
  • Dancing in the Flames by Marion Woodman
  • It’s Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It by Eda Leshan
  • It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now by Barbara Sher
  • Midlife and After by Stein
  • Still Here by Ram Dass
  • Adult Years by Frederic M. Hudson
  • Tuning 50 by Catherine Roundtree
  • The Crown of Age:The Rewards of Conscious Aging by Marion Woodman
  • Ageless Marketing: Strategies for Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the New Customer Majority by David Wolfe & Robert Snyder
  • Virtues of Aging by Jimmy Carter
  • Journey Through Menopause, A Personal Rite of Passage by Christine Dowling
  • Mirror, Mirror, The Terror of Not Being Young by Elsie Melamud, Ph.D
  • Growing Old Disgracefully
  • 1003 Great Things About Getting Older by Lesha Burnback….
  • The Ageless Spirit by Philip L. Berman & Tanya Goldman
  • As We Are Now by Mary Seritone
  • The Measure of My Days by Florida Scott Maxwell
  • Old and Smart, Women and Aging by Betty Nickerson
  • By Youth Possessed, The Denial of Aging in America by Victoria Secunda
  • Midlife by Janis Brewie & Annie Breann
  • The Survival Papers, Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis by Darrell sharp
  • Celebrate Midlife by Mary Stein
  • Generations, Reasons to Grow Old Meaning in Later Life
  • Aging In Spirituality, The First Decade by James Eleanor, Susan McFadden & Steve Zap
  • On Women Turning 50 by Cathleen Roundtree
  • The Guide for Recalling and Telling Your Life Story by
  • Coming into Our Own by Mark Gerzon
  • Death, The Final Stages of Growth by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • The Art of Midlife by Linda N. Eldstein
  • A Lifetime to Live by Robert Reyners
  • From Aging to Sageing
  • Once Upon A Midlife by Alan B. Shineman, MD•

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Women’s Spirituality & Development:

  • To be a Woman by Connie Sweng
  • A Woman’s Book of Life by Joan Borysenko
  • Any and all of Linda Schierse Leonard’s books:
  • Any and all of Marion Woodman’s books
  • Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body and Soul by Marion Woodman
  • Composing A Life by Mary Kathryn Bateson
  • Dancing in the Flames, Pregnant Virgin, Leaving My Father’s House by Marion Woodman
  • Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen
  • Heroine’s Journey by Maureen Murdock
  • Meeting the Mad Woman by Linda Schierse Leonard
  • The Book of Lilith by Barbara Black-Koltuv
  • The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women by Sherry R. Anderson, Patricia Hopkins
  • The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship by Linda S. Leonard
  • Wise Choices Beyond Midlife: Women Mapping the Journey Ahead by Lucy Scott
  • Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
  • The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing
  • Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rise
  • Mediation for Women Who Do Too Much by Ann Wilson Shif

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Business and Organizational Transformation

  • Ageless Marketing: Strategies for Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the New Customer Majority by David Wolfe & Robert Snyder
  • Out of the Crisis by Dr. W. Edwards Deming
  • Brand Soul: How Cause Related Marketing Builds Brand Hamish Pringle Business, the Universe and Everything: Conversations with the World’s Greatest
  • Workforce 2000, 2020 by Johnson & Packer/Hudson Institute
  • Generations at Work by Zemke
  • Creativity in Business by M.Ray & R. Myers
  • Good to Great by Tim Collins
  • How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients by Jeffrey J. Fox
  • Maslow on Management by Abraham H. Maslow
  • No Contest by Alfie Kohn
  • The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
  • The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
  • The Heart of a Business by Kostenbaum
  • The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands through the Power of Archetypes by Margaret Mark, Carol S. Pearson
  • The Living Company: Growth Learning and Longevity in Business by Arie De Geus
  • The Reinvention of Work by Mathew Fox
  • The Soul of a Business by Tom Chappel

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Finances

  • 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman
  • Die Broke: A Radical 4-Part Financial Plan by Stephen Polan and Mark Levine
  • Money Harmony by Olivia Mellon
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
  • Your Money or Your Life: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin

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Health & Well Being:

  • Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra
  • Why People Don’t Heal by Caroline Myss

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Relationships

  • Embracing Each Other by Hal & Sidra Stone
  • A Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by D.Schnarch
  • Couples: Exploring and Understanding the Cycles of Intimate Relationships by Barry Dym and Michael L. J Glenn
  • Getting the Love You Want by Hendrix Harville
  • Soul Mates by Thomas Moore
  • The Dynamics of Divorce: A Life Cycle Perspective by F.W. Kaslow and LL. Schwartz
  • The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
  • Will Love Last: A Couples Roadmap by Samuel R. Hamburg
  • The Mariiage of Betty & Beau by Chrstopher Durang

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Managing Life’s Grief, Death and Loss:

  • Don’t Take My Grief Away From Me by Doug Manning
  • Good Grief by Glen W. Davidon
  • Grief, Dying and Death by Therese A. Rando
  • How to Survive the Loss of a Love by William Bloomfield, Melba Colgrove, Peter McWilliams
  • On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • Stress, Loss and Grief by John Schneider
  • They need to Know: How to Teach Children About Death by Audrey Gordon & D. Klass
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Understanding Mourning by Glen Davidson
  • Widow by Lynne Caine

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Public Speaking

  • Be Heard Now! by Lee Glickstein
  • Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce
  • The Story Factor by Annette Simmons

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Designing What’s Next: Transitions, Renewal & Reinvention

  • Career Chase by Helen Harkness
  • Chapters by Carpenter
  • Crossing the Unknown Sea by David Whyte
  • Life Launch by Frederick M. Hudson
  • Making A Life by Mark Albion
  • Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.
  • Oh, the Places You Will Go! by Dr. Seuss
  • Transitions and The Way of Transitions by William Bridges
  • What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Boyles
  • What Should I do with My Life? by Po Bronson
  • When Smart People Fail by Carol Hyatt
  • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  • Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, MD
  • What Are You Doing with the Rest of Your Life?
  • Betwixt and Between by Louis Courdis, Mahdi & Stevens
  • Life Changes by Spencer & Adams
  • When Money Isn’t Enough by Connie Glazer & B.Smiley

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Life-Long Learning

  • Learning as a Way of Being by Peter Vail
  • Super Learning by Schroeder and Ostrander
  • Super Memory by Ostrander and Schroeder
  • The Everyday Genius by Peter Kline

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Trends

  • Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584-2069 by William Straus, Neil Howe

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Other

  • Plant, Spirit & Medicine by Elliott Cohen

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News Reporting

  • The Week

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Social Evolution & Sustainability (Publications)

  • Tikkun
  • Utne
  • Yes!

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Future Studies

  • The Futurist

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Great Free Ezines

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Great Links

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Association of Spirit at Work (ASAW)
Athena Online Business Knowledge Network
Awakening the Dreamer
American Society on Aging
Association of Professional Futurists
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Business for Social Responsibility
Commonway Institute
Cultural Creatives Network
CulturalCreatives.org
European Bahai Business Forum
First Matter
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
Heartland Institute
Heiffer Fund
Institute of Noetic Sciences
International Coach Federation
New Dimensions Radio
Sacred Heart University
Social Venture Network
Spirit in Business
Success-talk
Sustainable Business Institute
Voice America Radio
W. Edwards Deming
Women’s Calendar
World Business Academy
World Future Society
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