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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
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
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
Bufton, Gordie. The Connection Effect. Divine Time Books, 2018
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.
Cal Newport. TEDxTysons. Why Should You Quit Social Media
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
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
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