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Mark Albion  Making a Life, Making a Living: Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life   "Years after earning three degrees and one teaching position at Harvard University, Albion gave up fame, fortune, and recognition in return for true inner satisfaction. This book is one souvenir of Albion's inner journey for purpose and passion. In this book -- a New York Times best seller within its first four weeks -- Albion profiles 12 "heroes" who have taken the road less traveled. Ranging from Ira Jackson to Judy George to Fast Company's Alan Webber, Albion's cast of characters inspires and invokes readers to "live a life, not a resume." Dennis W. Bakke. Joy At Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun On The Job We need to design organizations that encourage people to look beyond job security. Most executives have no idea how to create such an environment because they may never have experienced a joyful workplace themselves. But the love of work and accomplishment, the passion to serve, and the readiness to honor individual traits, gifts, and failings still exist in the human spirit. These qualities transcend industrialism and must be welcomed where we spend most of our waking hours -- the workplace. > from author site dennisbakke.com Marc Ian Barasch. Healing Dreams: Exploring the Dreams That Can Transform Your Life    "Career consultants say they have never heard so many people confiding their yearnings for meaningful vocation, for a life's labor that melds head and heart, for some perfect fit between inner being and outer circumstance. But it can be difficult to tease out the thread of true calling from a life- pattern woven by necessity or default, within a society that does not always reward integrity. We take chart a career path, only to discover we have drifted by invisible increments and via tangled byways far from where we aimed our sextant. But if in waking life we are actors on the social stage, delimited by norms, expectations, and personal history, in dreams we enter the realm of potentia. Here our spiritual challenge is restored, shown to be eternally existent. We may even find to our amazement (and dismay) that the yearnings of the Self can no longer be soothed with token gestures or placated by half-way measures." Pat Barrentine (Editor), Riane Eisler, Carol Frenier, Kathlee Keating, John Naisbitt, Patricia Aburdene When the Canary Stops Singing: Women's Perspectives on Transforming Business [from publisher synopsis:] "The authors of these essay.. serve as harbingers of essential business transformation. They are entrepreneurs, consultants, corporate executives, and thinkers of all stripes. .. these women are pioneering innovation. .. they share painful struggles, striking new metaphors, stories and legends, and fresh analogies.." Richard Barrett  Liberating the Corporate Soul : Building a Visionary Organization  "...the challenge for companies in the twenty-first century is to create a work environment that encourages personal fulfillment - taking care of employees' physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs... most companies are stuck in the lower levels of consciousness [that humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow] has identified as survival, relationship or self-esteem consciousness.... [evolutionary leaders] are people who hold a vision and courageously pursue that vision in such a way that it resonates with the souls of people". Ken Baskin  Corporate DNA: Learning from Life   [author:] "In today's rapidly shifting markets, the Law of Nature--learn and adapt, or die--has become the Law of the Marketplace. What, then, would happen if we began thinking of and designing our organizations according to the principles of living things? ... [this book] offers a series of thought experiments to help managers answer this question." Warren Bennis  Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration   "Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents... cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be." Paul Birch  Imagination Engineering - the toolkit for business creativity "A practical "how to" guide to creativity using a metaphor based easy-to-remember framework. It covers all stages of the creative problem solving process from identifying a problem to implementing a solution." [review from Mental Athletics Programme site] Laurence G. Boldt  Zen and the Art of Making a Living : A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design Richard Nelson Bolles  How to Find Your Mission in Life Richard Nelson Bolles What Color Is Your Parachute : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Laurence Boldt.  Zen and the Art of Making a Living : A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design    "Right from the beginning Boldt doesn't separate work from the rest of our lives... He argues that when we use love in conjunction with work, we achieve creative living... [this] is a workbook with essays, how to, process work, resources, affirmations and a generous sprinkling of inspirational quotes." [review by Allan Hartley, Editor, New Perspectives - A Journal of Conscious Living] William Bridges  Creating You & Co : Learn to Think Like the Ceo of Your Own Career   "D.A.T.A. stands for desires, abilities, temperament and assets... desires [may] include solving problems, performing intellectually challenging work in an independent setting and making things run well. ... abilities [are] the transferable skills.. to solve people's problems. These may include writing, budgeting and using different software programs.. temperament [may refer to] what situations [make you] most productive and satisfied... assets are the life experiences, education and training that set [one] apart from everyone else." William Bridges [in LA Times article, April 30, 2000] Timothy Butler  Discovering Your Career in Business   "..[authors are psychologists who have] developed a remarkable series of guides... unique eight-profile "Business Career Interest Inventory" (included in disk format) and active imagination exercises..." Linda Buzzell, M.A., MFCC. How to Make It in Hollywood: All the Right Moves Lucia Capacchione Putting Your Talent to Work : Identifying, Cultivating and Marketing Your Natural Talents "Creative problem-solving is absolutely dependent on the ability to pretend. .. If we have concluded that pretending is childish, deceitful or impractical, then, as adults, we need to give ourselves permission to pretend the way we did as kids." // "Many of us perpetuate negative self-talk about talents that we don't accept.  Self-criticism can seriously injure potential talent that wants to be expressed... Fortunately, talent waits patiently behind our fear and self-doubt." [quote from book] Lilly Cohen, Dennis R. Young  Careers for Dreamers and Doers: A Guide to Management Careers in the Nonprofit Sector Robert K. Cooper  Executive Eq : Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organization ~ ~ ~ ~ The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness - by Stephen R. Covey The original seven habits of highly successful people are still relevant, but Covey, author of the mega-bestseller of that title, says that the new Information/Knowledge Worker Age, exemplified by the Internet, calls for an eighth habit to achieve personal and organizational excellence: "Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs."  Covey sees leadership "as a choice to deal with people in a way that will communicate to them their worth and potential so clearly they will come to see it in themselves." His holistic approach starts with developing one's own voice, one's "unique personal significance." [Publishers Weekly summary ~ ~ ~ ~ Sarah Edwards  Secrets of Self-Employment : Surviving and Thriving.. "The Edwards have been there and .. know what it is like to feel the excitement and freedom of starting something new... They wrote the book to address the most common problems and challenges they and others have run into... things normally not talked about, 'the subtle and not-so-subtle challenges that arise without warning, and the delightfully clever options that can get you over, around or under these obstacles.'" [review by Allan Hartley, Editor, New Perspectives - A Journal of Conscious Living] Carol Eikleberry, Richard Nelson Bolles (Introduction)  The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People  [reader:] "As an artist trapped in the skin of an accountant and an attorney I found Carol's book THE most insightful set of words on the motivations and frustrations a creative person experiences while trying to find their place in the world. No book will GET you a job and hers has no magical formulas but it does have a plethora of wisdom and insights into the creative mind and spirit." Joyce K. Fletcher  Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work "With its move from hierarchical to team-based structures and its dismantling of functional barriers, the organization of the future is touted as a radical departure from traditional models. The worker of the future... needs relational skills and emotional intelligence... Fletcher presents a study of female design engineers... her research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior often "get disappeared" in practice, not because they are ineffective but because they are associated with the feminine or softer side of work." Matthew Fox  The Reinvention of Work   [reader:] "Like most of Fox's books, this one ranges from the sublime (the cosmic implications of "true work") to the ridiculou... And Fox's ego is far too much in evidence at times. Still, I'd recommend this book to anyone who's trying to rethink their relationship to "work." I picked it up at a time when I was undergoing immense life and career changes. Although it wasn't much help in practical decision-making, it did give me a fresh perspective on how my values related to the jobs I'd had (they didn't), and got me thinking about how I could translate them into work I felt better about." Gillian Gaar  She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll [bn.com:] "A lively history of women in rock and pop, featuring interviews with dozens of performers and a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry. From Big Mama Thornton, who topped the charts with "Hound Dog" three years before Elvis did, to Madonna, who has been topping charts for years, here is a spirited retelling of rock history. 50 photographs." W. Timothy Gallwey  The Inner Game of Work Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.  Working with Emotional Intelligence    [excerpt:] "The rules for work are changing. We're being judged by a new yardstick: not just by how smart we are, or by our training and expertise, but also by how well we handle ourselves and each other. This yardstick is increasingly applied in choosing who will be hired and who will not, who will be let go and who retained, who passed over and who promoted. The new rules predict who is most likely to become a star performer and who is most prone to derailing. And, no matter what field we work in currently, they measure the traits that are crucial to our marketability for future jobs. These rules have little to do with what we were told was important in school; academic abilities are largely irrelevant to this standard. The new measure takes for granted having enough intellectual ability and technical know-how to do our jobs; it focuses instead on personal qualities, such as initiative and empathy, adaptability and persuasiveness. ... The data that argue for taking it seriously are based on studies of tens of thousands of working people, in callings of every kind. The research distills with unprecedented precision which qualities mark a star performer. And it demonstrates which human abilities make up the greater part of the ingredients for excellence at work--most especially for leadership." Stanley S. Gryskiewicz  Positive Turbulence : Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal   "author Gryskiewicz (gris-kev-itch) is Vice President, Global Resources, and Senior Fellow, Creativity and Innovation at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. .. he has worked with the Japan Management Association and The World Bank. Doug Hall  Jump Start Your Brain   [reader:] "teaches us how to maximize our brainpower and apply creativity to invent ideas that lead to results while having fun. The author ... used this technique to create new products for companies such as Pepsi-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Nike, AT&T and Walt Disney Consumer Products." Willis Harman.  Creative Work : The Constructive Role of Business in A Transforming Society [Amazon] "We all have a desire to create -- not just create things, but do creative work. It is part of our whole life pattern. How can I make my life really meaningful?" [from an interview with Willis Harman by Scott London, from the Radio Series "Insight & Outlook"] Jerry B. Harvey  How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? : And Other Meditations on Management    "Harvey, an academic and researcher engaged in exploring ethical, moral, and spiritual issues of organizations, presents his theories on organizational behavior and effective management. Coming from a family of storytellers, he uses stories to cover a wide variety of topics, including a description of anaclitic depression, which is depression experienced by many in organizations that are incompetently led. He also offers thoughts on group behavior and the need to find scapegoats; the dynamics of standing for something rather than not getting involved; the role of prayer in organizational behavior; and the common human need to belong." James Higgins  Escape from the Maze : Increasing Individual and Group Creativity Carole Kanchier, PhD  Dare to Change Your Job and Your Life   [author synopsis:] "..challenges you to confront your life in very basic, honest ways. Then it provides a hands-on guide to change, growth and redirection... helps you understand how you and your career grow and change through life, and how you make major decisions. .. eye-opening truths that move you beyond traditional thinking about careers." John Kao  Jamming : The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity    [reader:] "a valuable read. A non-musician may find the extended metaphor of the musical jam a bit trying, but stick it out. Although already somewhat dated in its representation of organizational behavior in technical industries, it accurately encapsulates a class of thought about the management of creativity and innovation in a business setting." Susan Kirkland. Start & Run A Creative Services Business * Translate your creative skills into cash * Build a loyal client list to lock in repeat business * Market your creative skills worldwide * Learn what to do when from a veteran freelancer "Freelancing is the closest a creative can come to artistic freedom while practicing his art to generate income." Deborah L. Knox and Sandra S. Butzel  Life Work Transitions.Com, Putting Your Spirit Online   [about the authors:] Sandra's expertise is in the internet/technical areas. She has a teaching background, was the internship coordinator for the Women's Center for Continuing Education at Lasell College and has been owner of her own counseling practice 'Decisions for Positive Change' for over 10 years, counseling nearly 1,000 men and women of all ages in every stage of the career development process. B.A. in Psychology, Deborah has over 20 years experience working with individuals and organizations in career and work-related areas, and is currently a consultant at the Polaroid Corporation. She is a co-founder of the Independent Career Consultant's Consortium and former Director of Women West Boston." Richard J. Leider  The Power of Purpose : Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work [review by Frances Hesselbein, CEO, The Peter F. Drucker Foundation:] "[the book] helps all of us to define purpose and calling with remarkable new dimension in our own lives." // [review by Eric Utne, Founder, Utne Reader:] "What are your gifts? How can you best serve? What are you here to do and be in this life? These are the questions Dick Leider raises and helps you answer... a practical guide to finding and fully embracing your calling in life." Gregg Levoy  Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life "This book, then, is about putting on a lens through which we can see our lives as a process of calls and responses rather than, as I heard a character on television remark recently, just a bunch of stuff that happens. Also, in the sense of religion that psychologist William James meant when he described it as the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things, this book is also about religion in the original sense of the word -- re-ligare, to re-connect. To re-member what has been dis-membered: our own selves, the deep life within us that is a strong religious impulse despite whatever outward waywardness our lives may exhibit. To remember what we already know. When my daughter was seven years old, says artist Howard Ikemoto, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college, that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, 'You mean they forget?' Yes, we forget. And this book is also about remembering our vocations, again in the true sense of the word -- callings -- whether they're vocations in the arenas of work, relationship, lifestyle or service." Carol Lloyd  Creating a Life Worth Living : A Practical Course in Career Design for Aspiring Writers, Artists, Filmmakers, Musicians, and Others   [amazon.com:] "This 12-week program focuses on the unique needs of artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone with creative aspirations. Creating a Life Worth Living contains specific exercises and daily tasks which help readers clarify desires and create a tangible plan for realizing dreams." Gordon MacKenzie  Orbiting the Giant Hairball : A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving With Grace [from American Library Association review:] "MacKenzie worked for the Hallmark greeting card company for 30 years, first as a sketch artist and eventually as an upper-level manager, until he escaped the "hairball" by creating his own niche. A corporate hairball is an entangled pattern of behavior or a mess of bureaucratic procedure that discourages originality and stifles imagination. A consultant for the last seven years, MacKenzie tells what he knows about creativity and what he learned about the creative process in a corporate setting." Eric Maisel  A Life in the Arts: Practical Guidance and Inspiration for Creative and Performing Artists Pamela Meyer  Quantum Creativity: Nine Principles to Transform the Way You Work   [reader:] "Meyer draws on sources as diverse as chaos theory, cognitive psychology, Eastern wisdom and theatrical improvisation to weave a rich whole cloth that goes beyond the usual notion of "creativity" as a set of tricks & props. She calls on her experiences as an actor, director and creativity consultant to establish a crisp framework of principle & practice that supports creativity as a foundation for personal & organizational growth and satisfaction." Annette Moser-Wellman  The Five Faces of Genius: Becoming a Business Artist by Finding Your Genius Within  "..identifies five common creative styles or Faces of Genius: the Seer, the Observer, the Alchemist, the Fool, and the Sage. By using examples from geniuses old and new, she breaks down each face into specific techniques and provides exercises that anyone can use immediately to begin to think more creatively... teaches business professionals how to develop the creative skills necessary for success by emulating the techniques of past and present geniuses in the arts, sciences, and business." Virginia O'Brien, Lynn Martin  Success on Our Own Terms: Tales of Extraordinary, Ordinary Business Women "O'Brien sets out to track the business journey that women have taken over the last 25 years. Her research includes interviews of 45 women in companies that she considers friendly to women, presenting her findings on how these professionals feel about the level of management they have attained, what motivates them, what their visions and goals are, and what strategies helped them achieve their objectives." Carol Orsborn  Inner Excellence at Work: The Path to Meaning, Spirit and Success   "Born of her firm belief that there is a connection between spirituality and success, this book advances the radical notion that personal values and desires need not conflict with ambition and achievement. In fact, according to Orsborn, 'it is from nurturing these very qualities that your greatest experience of success will grow.'" [review from ONN-Wisdom list: intro@wisdomtalk.org] Parker J. Palmer  Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation    "Palmer discusses his zigzag career trajectory, which has taken him from earning a Ph.D. in sociology; to serving as community organizer .. to his present-day work as a writer, consultant, and traveling teacher. He has sharpened his sense of vocation through setbacks such as quitting seminary, getting fired from a job, and dealing with depression. [this] is the best book available to anyone asking serious questions about vocation. Palmer has many profound things to say about the deep calling of authentic selfhood, burnout, embracing mystery, the power of true presence, the soul's truths, the inner issues inherent in leadership..." [review: Frederic Brussat, Values & Visions Reviews www.spiritualrx.com] Paul E. Plsek  Creativity, Innovation, and Quality   "The definitive guide to DirectedCreativity, with application to the pursuit of quality (TQM) in business. Explains why serious people in organizations should be interested in creativity. Outlines the essential theory behind directed creativity. Provides a comprehensive guide to the tools of creative thinking and describes the application of directed creativity to reengineering, product and service design, customer needs analysis, and problem solving." [review from Mental Athletics Programme site] Robert Rabbin.  Invisible Leadership: Igniting the Soul at Work ~ ~ ~ ~ How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton Studies show that negative emotions can be harmful to your health and might even shorten your life span. We already know that one negative person can ruin an entire workplace, but negative emotions can also destroy relationships, families, and entire careers. In contrast, recent discoveries suggest that positive emotions are an essential daily requirement for survival. Not only do they improve your physical and mental health, but they can also provide a buffer against depression and illness. /// Each of us also has an invisible dipper. When we use that dipper to fill other people's buckets -- by saying or doing things to increase their positive emotions -- we also fill our own bucket. But when we use that dipper to dip from others' buckets -- by saying or doing things that decrease their positive emotions -- we diminish ourselves. ~ ~ "The Grandfather of Positive Psychology, Don Clifton, and his grandson, Tom Rath, offer illuminating wisdom for fulfilling work and for a meaningful life." -- Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D. - Former President of the American Psychological Association and author of the best-selling book Authentic Happiness ~ ~ ~ ~ Michael L. Ray, PhD  Creativity In Business  "A heuristic is an incomplete guideline or rule of thumb that can lead to learning or discovery... If a task is heuristic, it offers no .. clear path. You must create one... Each of the following chapter titles are heuristics and are used, along with exercises and experiences, to give you four essential tools — almost super-heuristics — that you need to develop in order to manifest your creativity fully. These tools are: faith in your own creativity, absence of negative judgment, precise observation, and penetrating questioning. /// When we ask business people what is bothering them, the answers fall almost entirely into five categones: career or purpose in life, time and stress, balancing personal and professional life, issues of money and self-worth, and bringing personal creativity into the business organization. .. The last five chapters of the book.. concentrate on these five challenges." [excerpt from chapter one] [Michael L. Ray, Ph.D., is Professor of Creativity and Innovation at Stanford Business School] Cheryl Richardson  Take Time for Your Life : A Personal Coach's Seven-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want "...she shows you how to switch from being stressed, unfulfilled, and overworked, to 'living a life you love' by using a seven-step process. First, she gives you permission to 'make the quality of your life your top priority' by honoring your self-care... Next, you define your priorities and revise your schedule so it reflects them. Then you figure out what actions, issues, and people are draining your energy..." Lewis Richmond  Work As a Spiritual Practice : A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job "Richmond graduated college in the 60s with a goal of pursuing a meaningful life... became a Buddhist and lived for fifteen years in a retreat... [left and became self-employed] ... describes practical steps towards the discovery of our true nature... he believes that even if we are employed by someone else, in our 'spiritual life, we are self-employed' and that the everyday routines of our life 'when seen through different eyes... are not ordinary at all, but are full of potential for spiritual learning.'"  [from review by Olivia Redwine, New Perspectives - A Journal of Conscious Living, Autumn, 1999] Alan G. Robinson, Sam Stern  Corporate Creativity : How Innovation and Improvement Actually Happen [review by George Rathmann, Cofounder, Amgen:] "...describes in rich detail how creativity actually happens in companies and what can be done to get more of it. It is truly a joy to read." Jamie Rosen  Nice Job : The Guide to Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living    [from the publisher: Ten Speed Press:] "Beekeeper, human guinea pig, bush pilot, private investigator, erotic screenwriter, taxidermist, dog musher, sommelier, Harlem Globetrotter opponent, and White House advance person, Nice Job! doesn't just list these and more fantastic jobs, it tells you all about them and how to get them. Each job profile includes: a job description, compensation, prerequisites, qualities the employer is seeking, and the perks and risks." Harriet Rubin  Soloing : Realizing Your Life's Ambition   "Drawing upon the wisdom of disparate authorities ranging from Peter Drucker and Tom Peters to Joseph Campbell and John Steinbeck, Rubin explores the various attractions, distractions, commitments, and opportunities that face those who drop out of the corporate ranks to go solo. She explains how to know when you're really ready (dreams were a major indicator for her and others, including Nickelodeon founder Geraldine Laybourne), how to handle the inevitable fears (in her case, by working harder than ever while savoring her new-found freedom), and how to get this new career up and running (including suggestions for building a personal "brand," maintaining visibility among clients, and creating effective proposals)." Moshe Rubinstein  The Minding Organization: Connect the Brain, Heart, and Soul of Your Company to Turn Creative Ideas into Business Solutions  "The Minding Organization is about creating an organization that behaves like a human being -- instantly able to adapt to new and ever-changing conditions. Rubinstein calls this kind of organization a "minding organization," where the right hand literally knows what the left hand is doing. In a minding organization, all of the parties involved in a project -- whether it's developing a new product, streamlining a process, or changing a strategy -- get together from the start to explore the issues." Sue Shellenbarger  Work & Family : Essays from Column of the Wall Street Journal "..some employers are trying to cut back the workload to harbor creativity. ... Hewlett Packard, Bank of America, Sun Microsystems .. are cutting out extraneous projects and encouraging employees to delegate, which promotes both gratitude and more time to be creative on the job. // .. a family that I find to be interesting, creative, close-knit or a model of some sort [almost always has] some kind of significant spiritual life." [Sue Shellenbarger, from article: "Family and Work", Magical Blend, Nov.99] Marsha Sinetar  To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring Marti Smye  Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus? A Guide for Your Second Life Douglas Thorpe  Work and the Life of the Spirit     "...ambitious anthology of writings stretches back to the Navajo creation myth and legends of Athena's weaving and then forward to include examples from 19th- and 20th-century greats, such as Walt Whitman.. and William Carlos Williams.. The book contains essays by present-day sages, including Pam Houston (Cowboys Are My Weakness), Louise Erdrich, Thomas Moore, Studs Terkel, Thich Nhat Han, Gary Snyder, Kathleen Norris, and Linda Hogan. Every contribution speaks to the deeper dimensions of work--how does one earn a living and stay true to his or her creative yearnings? How do seemingly mundane human tasks contribute to the greater good? These questions are answered in many eloquent and surprising essays." Justine Toms  True Work: The Sacred Dimension of Earning a Living [from publisher:] ".. looks at work as service and as a spiritually sustaining activity that promotes healing. It is brimful with stories and helpful techniques culled from radio interviews with Joseph Campbell, Buckminster Fuller, the Dalai Lama, Alice Walker, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Marsha Sinetar, and many others." Michael Toms  True Work : Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do Margaret Wheatley  Leadership and the New Science: Learning about Organization from an Orderly Universe "How do you understand a world in which the only material form is that of relationships, and where there is no sense of an individual that exists independent of its relationships? That was the gift of the quantum worldview. It said there are no independent entities anywhere at the quantum level. It's all relationships. That was something that made a lot of sense to how we were starting to think about organizations -- as webs of relationships. But the real eye-opener for me was to realize how control and order were two different things, and that you could have order without control. That was a major shift in my own thinking that I certainly discovered through the science [new discoveries in quantum physics, chaos theory, and biology]. [from interview with Margaret Wheatley by Scott London, Insight & Outlook radio series] David Whyte  The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America   "The call for increased creativity in the workplace brings with it a concomitant challenge: how will the world of cool professionalism stand up to the inevitable heat and volatility that accompanies people's emotional and spiritual lives? It is problematic to assume, poet David Whyte explains, that you can ask people to create and also to behave. The Heart Aroused explores these and related issues." Barbara J. Winter  Making a Living Without a Job : Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love [author:] "Our bottom line is measured by our character as much as by our profits. We see our business as a natural extension of who we are and what we love to do. We have spent time and energy exploring and understanding ourselves, so that we could find ways to earn a living by being ourselves." [amazon.com:] "A guide to making money sans job offers insight-provoking interactive tests, self-evaluations, charts, and checklists, as well as numerous anecdotes about people who are successfully self-employed." Jumpstart Your Entrepreneurial Spirit by Barbara Winter So what is entrepreneurial spirit anyway? That's a question I ask in my new book, . Here's part of my answer: It's more than just a catalyst for working on your own; it's an approach to life. It's living everyday with the attitude of being an explorer. It's being enthusiastic about problem-solving. It's being alert to opportunity. It's an active and wildly creative way of making your own unique contribution to the world. This new book is a collection of 52 essays designed to move you farther ahead on your entrepreneurial journey. Running a successful business isn't just about accounting and marketing; it's also about thinking like an entrepreneur--and this book has hundreds of ways to help you do just that. You'll find stories about successful entrepreneurs, ideas to bring into your own business and, most importantly, encouragement to keep your entrepreneurial spirit burning brightly. In addition, you'll be challenged to think about each lesson and ask yourself questions that will add clarity and spark new ideas. See why Maggy from the UK says, "This is the book that's rapidly becoming my spiritual business Bible." author Barbara Winter -- from her Joyfully Jobless News > for the book & newsletter, see her site barbarawinter.com

 

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