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PURPOSE – Your calling. What you were meant to do. Finding your path.
Frankl, Victor E. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 2014
Christensen, Clayton, M., James Allworth, and Karen Dillon. How Will You Measure Your Life? New York: Harper Collins, 2012.
Kushner, Harold S. Living a Life that Matters. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth – Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. New York: Penguin Group, 2005
Duckworth, Angela, Grit. New York: Scribner, 2016
Pink, Daniel. Drive, New York: Penguin, 2009
Seligman, Martin, E. P. Flourish. New York: Atria Paperback, 2011. Chapter 1, pages 143-149, 173-176
Goins, Jeff. The Art of Work. Nashville. Nelson Books, 2015
Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Fireside, 1989
Klein, Mark E. The Currency of Life. Potomac: Greenbriar Publishing, 2010
Ware, Bonnie. "Regrets of the Dying"
Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. San RafaleAmber-Allen Publishing, 1994
Singer, Michael A., The Surrender Experiment. New York: Harmony Books, 2015
EQUILIBRIUM – A fluid state of mind, body, and spirit, enabling sustained performance, health, and resilience.
Panda, Satchin. The Circadian Code. New York: Rodale Books, 2018
Mineo, Liz. “Good Genes Are Nice, But Joy Is Better.” The Harvard Gazette, 11 Apr 2017
Blackburn, Elizabeth, and Elissa Epel, The Telomere Effect, New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2017
Fogg, BJ., Tiny Habits. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020
Dweck, Carol S. PhD. Mindset. New York, Ballantine Books, 2016
McKeown, Greg. Essentialism. New York: Crown Business, 2014
Rath, Tom and Harter, Jim. Well Being. New York: Gallup Press, 2010
Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim. Rest. New York: Basic Books, 2016
Ketabi, Sahara Rose. Ayurveda. Indianapolis, 2017
CONNECTION – Your relationships with others, a critical determinant of health and happiness
Dunbar, R.I.M. “The Anatomy of Friendship.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, January 2018, Vol. 22, No 1.
Konnikova, Maria. “The Limits of Friendship.” The New Yorker, 17 Oct 2014
Dunbar, Robin, TEDxObserver, “Can the Internet Buy You More Friends?”
“Study Reveals Number of Hours It Takes to Make a Friend.” Phys.org. 29 Mar 2018.
Murthy, Vivek H, M.D. Together. New York: Harper Collins, 2020
Christakis, Nicholas A., and James H. Fowler. Connected. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2009. Preface, Chapters 1,2,3,7,8,9
Chapman, Gary. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts. Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2015
Covey, Stephen M.R., The Speed of Trust. New York: Free Press, 2006
Junger, Sebastian. Tribe. New York: Hatchette Book Group, 2016
Twenge, Jean M. “The Sad State of Happiness in the United States and the Role of Digital Media.” World Happiness Report. 20 March 2019
Chopra, Deepak. The Ultimate Happiness Prescription. New York: Harmony Books, 2009
Horwitz, Jeff, and Deepa Seetharaman, "Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive", The Wall Street Journal, 26 May 2020.
KNOWING – Acting in full awareness and consciousness, consistent with an understanding of your unique contribution
Tolle, Eckhart, The Power of Now. Vancouver: Namaste Publishing, 1999
Suzuki, Shunryu, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2020
Mitchell, Stephen, Tao Te Ching. New York: Harper and Row, 1988
Wright, Robert, Why Buddhism is True. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2017
Holiday, Ryan, The Obstacle is the Way. New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2014
Maharaj, Sri Nisargadatta. I Am That. Durham: Acorn Press, 1973
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Flow. New York: Harper & Row, 2008
Singer, Michael A., The Untethered Soul. Oakland: New Harbinger & Noetic Books, 2007
Harris, Sam, Waking Up. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2014
Capra, Fritjof, The Tao of Physics. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2010
Ruiz, Miguel, The Four Agreements. San Rafael: Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997
LEADERSHIP – Inspiring your team to commit to a shared purpose, act in alignment with shared values, serve each other, and deliver outcomes that benefit your organization, your partners, and the greater community.
Mackey, John, Conscious Leadership. New York: Portfolio, 2020
McChrystal, Stanley, Team of Teams. New York: Portfolio, 2015
Palmer, Russell, Ultimate Leadership. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2008
Lencioni, Patrick, The Advantage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012
Collins, Jim, Good to Great. New York: Harper Collins, 2001
Dalio, Ray, Principles. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017
Huntsman, Jon, Winners Never Cheat. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2005
Doerr, John, Measure What Matters. New York: Penguin, 2018
Wooden, John, They Call Me Coach. Lincolnwood: Contemporary Books, 1988
Jackson, Phil, Sacred Hoops. New York: Hyperion, 1995
Duke, Annie, Thinking in Bets. New York: Penguin, 2018
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Team of Rivals. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005
Washbush, John and Sherlock, Barbara, To Get the Job Done. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981
Recommended Resources
The University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
The Happiness Lab Podcast by Dr. Laurie Santos