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If you long for work-life balance solutions that go deeper...you'll find among these books good guidance and interesting reads.
Meaningful Work...the Entrepreneurial Way:Your integrated guide to Career and Personal Life Management
by Judee Regan
We Don't Die Well In The Western WOrld: A message of Hope
by Judee Regan
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Creating the Work You Love : Courage, Commitment and Career
by Rick Jarow
If you are ready to unplug from your assumptions about the direction you think your life should be taking, and start listening to your inner wisdom, you will be amazed at the results. This is not a book about career alone; it is about making sure you are on your life-path.
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Soul-Purpose : Discovering and Fulfilling Your Destiny
by Mark Thurston
Mark Thurston has created a unique, five-step program of self-study to help readers actualize the natural potential within them.
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Callings : Finding and Following an Authentic Life
by Gregg Michael Levoy
Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.
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How to Find Your Mission in Life
by Richard Nelson Bolles
An exploration of the spiritual aspects of finding one's place in the world, from the author of What Color is Your Parachute... inspirational for those who are new to the job market or reconsidering their place in it.
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Doing Work You Love : Discovering Your Purpose and Realizing Your Dreams
by Cheryl Gilman
Gilman applies intuitive knowledge to the problems of career choice and maintenance. The pivotal question: How does one discover one's own natural talents and apply them effectively within today's business world? Gilman encourages readers to start where they are and begin their future now.
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provocative concepts and helpful tools. |
The Stress
Solution
Lyle H. Miller, Ph.D., and Alma Dell Smith, Ph.D
Issues addressed:
we know that stress may cause heart disease. But most of us are
unaware of the many other emotional, cognitive and physical
consequences of unmanaged stress. Which illness causes the most days
lost from work? Heart disease? Cancer? AIDS? None of the above. The
answer is: depression. |
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The New Organizational
Reality
Issues addressed:Growth of personal empowerment and the structural
change to support it i.e. to fundamentally redefine how people work
together and create environments that will support that
relationship.
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The Corporate
Mystic
A thought provoking book that takes a look
at leadership and focuses on some of the
forgotten qualities of leaders - integrity,
intuition and vision to name a few. For
those who like to know that there are leaders
today who aspire to these traits - this
book offers good documentation. It is a
good little book that is grounded in some
very basic truths.
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Work as a
Spiritual Practice
by Lewis Richmond
This book describes life 'on the job' and
examines work issues with great clarity...
weaving anecdote, practical exercises and
Buddhist thought in each chapter. It shows
smart business sense, the development of
character and in general restores 'heart'
to the job. We can change what we choose
to change. |
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The Hungry
Spirit: Beyond Capitalism
by Charles Handy
The Hungry Spirit is an inspiring book--sometimes
provocative, always intensely personal,
and ultimately full of hope. Thoughtfully
and often from a philosophical perspective,
it offers a wide-ranging exposition of business
and social problems. It requires the reader
to question some basic belief systems about
business and challenges us to stand back
and take a look at the bigger picture. |
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Leadership
and the New Science
by Margaret Wheatley
This book has the capacity to change forever
your understanding of leadership, organizations
and life... casting new light on issues
that trouble people in organizations most:
order & change, autonomy & control,
structure & flexibility, planning &
innovation. Wheatley shows how the new science--quantum
physics, chaos theory and biology--provides
powerful insights into transforming how
we organize work, people and life. |
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Do What
You Are:
Discover the Perfect Career Path For You
Through the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
A practical book based on the premise that people are much more
likely to experience career satisfaction if their work and work
environment suit their personality type. Helps you identify your
personality type, based on how you process information, make
decisions, and interact with the world around you. |
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These books may be ordered through Amazon.com
or through
Chapters.indigo.ca
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