Suggested Reading

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”
- Henry Ford

Mid -Life

William Bridges - Transitions, Making Sense of Life’s Changes: Strategies for coping with the difficult, painful and confusing times in your life. One of the best (and a classic) on understanding and appreciating life transitions.

William A. Sadler, Ph.D. - The Third Age: 6 Principles for Growth and Renewal After Forty

Frederic M. Hudson and Pamela D. McLean - Life Launch: A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life

Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro - Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life

Ken Dychtwald and Daniel Kadlec - The Power Years: A User’s Guide to the Rest of Your Life

Ken Dychtwald - Age Power: How the 21st Century will be Ruled by the New Old

Ken Dychtwald, Tamara J. Erickson and Robert Morison - Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent

Career Help

Helen Harkness - Don’t stop the Career Clock: Rejecting the myths of aging for a new way to work in the 21st century

Barbara Sher - It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now: How to create your second life at any age

Barbara Sher - I could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Want and Get It.

Barbara Sher - Refuse to Choose!: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything You Love.

Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger - Do What You Are: Discover the perfect career for you through the secrets of Personality type

Margaret Lobenstine - The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passion to Pick Just One

Mostly for Men

John Eldredge - Wild at Heart: Discovering the secret of a man’s soul

David Whyte - Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity

David Whyte - The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the preservation of the soul in corporate America

Robert E. Linneman, Ph.D. - Renaissance Not Retirement: For men who have enough money but not enough life

Bev’s Pics of Great Books for Personal Transformation

Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. - Now, Discover Your Strengths: The program that shows you how to develop your unite talents and
strengths – and those of the people you manage. Buy it new and look on the inside of the dust cover where you will find a code for you to take the assessment which will give you real insight into your strengths in ways you may have never considered.

Lynn Grabhorn - Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The astonishing power of feelings. She pulls no punches and delivers incredible wisdom in straight forward, even funny language and her own personal stories.

Laurie Beth Jones - Jesus, CEO - Creating your Mission statement for work and for life. Not a light read but one of the best (if you are willing to do the exercises) for gaining real clarity about your life’s mission

Cheryl Richardson - Take Time for Your Life: A Personal Coach’s 7-step program for creating the life you want.

Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D. - Authentic Happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment