Recommended Reading List

“I love those who yearn for the impossible” ~ Goethe

Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott

Achieving Success in Work & Life One Conversation at a Time...

This is a book on communication and it explores the need to get to the heart of the matter in order to achieve successful results in all relationships. Susan Scott often says: "succeeding or failing, one conversation at a time". Think about that for a minute... For me the nugget in this book is the question: "What are you pretending not to know?”

The 15 Second Principle by Al Secunda

Short Simple Steps to Achieving Long Term Goals
This book is a keeper! It is packed with profound insights that are presented as (not so simple) common sense. This book can act as a personal guide or instruction manual for life. This book has the power to open you up to yourself, but you need to be ready for the work, or as Al calls it: "the journey of self-intervention and self- correction". This is a book to read and reread throughout life.

Synchronicity by Joe Jaworski

The Inner Path of Leadership

There is much about this book that’s familiar... experiences with many of the same authors: Richard Bach, Leo Basgalia, Hugh Prather. But beyond the familiar... there is so much more to “Synchronicity”.
I think it speaks to the deepest part of authentic communication. See for yourself. Read it.

Authentic Leadership by Bill George

Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value

Authentic leadership speaks from a place of hope and honesty. It offers you the chance to share in the author’s life experience as a leader, especially his last day at Medtronic. Bill George lets us into his personal world. I got a deep sense of the company from the pages of this book and came away with a new appreciation for working with a sense of purpose.

The Life You Were Born to Live
By Dan Millman

A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose

For any person who has an expanded definition of personal relationships this book is a must read. Using a mysterious system based on numerology principals, this book helps us understand our life path based on our individual birth date. This book has helped me understand many of my friends, family members, colleagues and co-workers. It may not be for everybody, but if you seek to understand yourself or somebody close to you from a deeper and more personal perspective, this book can definitely help.

Deep Economy by Bill McKibben

The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future

This is an eye opening book. It shines a light on corruption and greed and the devastating impact of the industrial agriculture movement on societies around the world. The unseen forces shaping our world in the board rooms of big multinational companies are coming to light. The decisions based on corporate profits and shareholder returns are affecting each one of us and our families in ways we can barely grasp.

In the Belly of the Beast by Sevek Gulbekian

Holding Your Own in Mass Culture...

For those of us that reflect on and consider the impact of materialism - this book provides a real twist! Not for the faint of heart, it is a spiritual guide to being in the material world. Full of insight and good advice; it has the power to show us how to be disciplined in our search for ourselves and for meaning in these challenging times.