(I love listening to books via Audible everywhere!)
Thought Leaders
- Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, by David Korten
- Avalanche, by Brugh Joy
- Awaken the Giant Within, by Tony Robbins
- Breaking Point, by George Land & Beth Jarman
- Choice Theory, by William Glasser, MD
- Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, by Barbara Marx Hubbard
- Corporation, by Joel Bakan
- Creativity in Business, by Micheal Ray (with Rochelle Meyers)
- Critical Path: Operating Manual for Space Ship Earth and all writings by R. Buckminster Fuller
- Disrupt Aging, by Jenn Jenkins
- Global Mind Change, by Willis Harman
- Jump Time: Shaping Your Future in a Time of Radical Change, by Jean Houston
- Leading In A Time of Change: What It Will Take To Lead Tomorrow, by Peter F. Drucker
- Out of the Crisis, by Deming
- Power vs Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, by David R. Hawkins, MD
- The Chalice & The Blade, by Riane Eisler
- The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World, by Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.
- The Dance of Change, by Peter Senge
- The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
- The Spectrum of Consciousness, by Ken Wilbur
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Waking Up in Time, by Peter Russell
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
About Visionaries
- A Visionary Life, by Mark Allen
- Stewardship, by Peter Block
- The Transformers, by Jacqueline Small
- The Visionary’s Handbook, by Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor
- Visionaries Have Wrinkles, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
Adult Development & Ageless Futures
- Adult Years, by Adult Years, by Frederic M. Hudson
- After 50 It’s Up To US, Developing The Skills and Agility We’ll Need, by George H. Schofield, PhD
- The Ageless Way, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra
- Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled the New Old, by by Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D.
- Aging In Spirituality: The First Decade,by James Eleanor, Susan McFadden & Steve Zap
- Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development, by George E. Vaillant
- A Lifetime to Live, by Robert Reyners
- A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development, by John Santrock
- Coming into Our Own, by Mark Gerzon
- Death, The Final Stages of Growth, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- Development Across the Life Span (6th Edition), by Robert S. Feldman Ph.D.
- Encore, by Marc Freedman
- Exploring Lifespan Development, by Laura E. Berk
- From Aging to Sageing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Ronald S. Miller, 1997
- Healthy Aging: A LifelongGuide to Your Well-Being, by Andrew Weil
- How to Live: a search for wisdom from old people while they are still on this earth,by Henry Alred
- How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying, by Lyla Blake Ward
- Life-Span Development, by John Santrock
- Life-Span Human Development, by Carol K. Sigelman, Elizabeth A. Rider
- Prime Time, by Marc Freedman
- Rules for Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life, by Roger Rosenblatt
- Seven Strategies for Positive Aging (Norton Professional Books), by Robert D. Hill
- Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying, by Ram Dass
- The Ageless Spirit, by Philip L. Berman & Tanya Goldman
- The Aging Myth, by Joe Chang
- The Big Shift, by Marc Freedman
- The Crown of Age: The Rewards of Conscious Aging, by Marion Woodman
- The Fountain of Age, by Betty Friedan
- The Greatness Challenge, by Karen Sands
- The Guide for Recalling and Telling Your Life Story, by Hospice Foundation of America
- The Kindness of Strangers, by March Freedman
- The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty. by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
- The Longevity Revolution, by, Dr. Robert N. Butler.
- The Summer of a Dormouse, by John Mortimer,
- The Survival Papers, Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis, by Darrell Sharp
- Virtues of Aging, by Jimmy Carter
- Visionaries Have Wrinkles, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- What Are Old People For?, by Dr. William H. Thomas
- Why Survive? Being Old in America, by Dr. Robert N. Butler
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- You’re Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children, by Dr. Seuss
- 1003 Great Things About Getting Older, by Lesha Burnback
Midlife Crisis/Opportunities & Transition
- Celebrate Midlife, by Mary Stein
- Crossing the Canyon: A Woman’s Midlife Journey, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Mastering Reinvention, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Midlife, by Janis Brewie & Annie Breann
- Midlife and After, by Stein
- Midlife Astrology, by Erin Sullivan
- Once Upon A Midlife, by Alan B. Shineman, MD
- Ripe, by Julia Moulden
- The Art of Midlife, by Linda N. Eldstein
- Wise Choices Beyond Midlife: Women Mapping the Journey Ahead, by Lucy Scott
Aging Brain & Creativity
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
- Healthy Aging Brain, by Judith Horstman for the Scientific American
- The better brain book, by David Perlmutter and Carol Colman
- Younger You, by Eric Braverman
- Books by Mindramp Consulting:
- Brains for Business: Enhancing Mental Capacity, Creativity, & Innovation
- Brain Health Basics: How Lifestyle Decisions Can Change Your Brain
- Creative Aging: The Power & Potential of the Mature Mind
- Healthy Habits for Brain Health: The Essential Cog Wheels
- How Creativity Works: The Dynamic Interplay of Novelty & Routine
- Managing The Creative Process:Tools for individuals & Organizations
Women & Aging
- As We Are Now, by Mary Sarton
- At Seventy: A Journal, by May Sarton
- Daughters of the Elderly, Edited by Jan Norris. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
- Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year, by May Sarton
- I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, by Nora Ephron
- Over the Hill: Ageism Between Women, by Baba Cooper
- Journal of a Solitude, by May Sarton
- Still Dancing: Life Choices and Challenges for women, by Mary McConnell. Tucson, AR: Harbinger House, 1990
- Syndrome W: A Woman’s Guide to , by Harriette R. Mogul
- By Youth Possessed, The Denial of Aging in America, by Victoria Secunda
- Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women, by Jean Shinoda Bolen
- Dancing in the Flames, by Marion Woodman
- Great Old Broads Speak Out, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb, by K.T. Oslin,
- Growing Old Disgracefully, by Hen Co-op
- It’s Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It, by Eda Leshan
- It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now, by Barbara Sher
- Mirror, Mirror: The Terror of Not Being Young, by Elsie Melamud, Ph.D
- Old and Smart, Women and Aging, by Betty Nickerson
- On Women Turning 50, by Cathleen Rountree
- Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, by Jane Fonda
- Journey Through Menopause, A Personal Rite of Passage, by Christine Dowling
- The Measure of My Days, by Florida Scott Maxwell
- When I am an old woman I shall wear Purple, edited by Sandra Martz. Watsonville, CA: Paper-Mache Press
- Wise Choices Beyond Midlife: Women Mapping the Journey Ahead, by Lucy Scott
- The Late Bloomer: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype (Dangerous Old Woman), by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Women, Aging and Ageism, edited by Evelyn Rosenthal. Ginghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.
- Women as they age: Challenge, opportunity, and Triumph, edited by Dianne Garner and Susan O. Mercer. Binghamton, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, Inc.
Designing What’s Next: Transitions, Renewal & Reinvention
- Betwixt and Between, by Louis Courdis, Mahdi & Stevens
- Chapters, by Carpenter
- Crossing the Canyon: A Woman’s Midlife Journey, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Crossing the Unknown Sea, by David Whyte
- Life Changes, by Spencer & Adams
- Life Launch, by Frederick M. Hudson
- Making A Life, by Mark Albion
- Oh, the Places You Will Go!, by Dr. Seuss
- The Greatness Challenge, by Karen Sands, MCC, BCC
- Transitions and The Way of Transitions, by William Bridges
- What Should I Do with My Life?, by Po Bronson
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
- Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson, MD
Career Change, Reinvention
- Career Chase, by Helen Harkness
- Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career, by Timothy Clark Paperback
- Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.
- What Color is Your Parachute, by Richard Nelson Boyles
- When Money Isn’t Enough, by Connie Glazer & B. Smiley
- When Smart People Fail, by Carol Hyatt
Sustainable Success
- Sustainable Success: A Simple Way, by Jacob Barrocas
Women’s Spirituality & Development
- A Woman’s Book of Life, by Joan Borysenko
- Any and all of Linda Schierse Leonard’s books
- Any and all of Marion Woodman’s books
- Composing a Life, by Mary Kathryn Bateson
- Goddesses in Everywoman, by Jean Shinoda Bolen Good Morning Midnight, by Jean Rise
- Good Morning Midnight, by Jean Rise
- Lilith-the first Eve: Historical and Psychological Aspects of the Dark Feminine, by Siegmund Hurwitz
- Lilith’s Cave: Jewish tales of the supernatural, edited by Howard Schwartz
- Heroine’s Journey, by Maureen Murdock
- Meditation for Women Who Do Too Much, by Ann Wilson Shiff
- Meeting the Mad Woman, by Linda Schierse Leonard
- Psychological aspects of the Mother Archetype, by C.G. Jung
- The Book of Lilith, by Barbara Black-Koltuv
- The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women, by Sherry R. Anderson, Patricia Hopkins
- The Summer Before the Dark, by Doris Lessing
- The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship, by Linda S. Leonard
- To Be a Woman, by Connie Sweng
- Women Who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Managing Life’s Grief, Death, and Loss
- Don’t Take My Grief Away From Me, by Doug Manning
- Good Grief, by Glen W. Davidon
- Grief, Dying and Death, by Therese A. Rando
- How to Survive the Loss of a Love, by William Bloomfield, Melba Colgrove, Peter McWilliams
- On Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- Stress, Loss and Grief by John Schneider
- They need to Know: How to Teach Children About Death, by Audrey Gordon & D. Klass
- Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
- Understanding Mourning, by Glen Davidson
- Widow, by Lynne Caine
Relationships
- Embracing Each Other, by Hal & Sidra Stone
- A Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, by D. Schnarch
- Couples: Exploring and Understanding the Cycles of Intimate Relationships, by Barry Dym and Michael L. J Glenn
- Getting the Love You Want, by Hendrix Harville
- Soul Mates, by Thomas Moore
- The Dynamics of Divorce: A Life Cycle Perspective, by F. W. Kaslow and L. L. Schwartz
- The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts, by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
- Will Love Last: A Couples Roadmap, by Samuel R. Hamburg
- The Marriage of Betty & Beau, by Chrstopher Durang
Retirement Redefined
- The New Retirement: Discovering Your Dream, by Dr. Richard Johnson
- Transitions: A woman’s Guide to Successful Retirement, by Diana Cort Van Arsdale and Phyllis Newman. New York: Harper Collins
Finances
- 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, by Suze Orman
- Die Broke: A Radical 4-Part Financial Plan, by Stephen Polan and Mark Levine
- Money Harmony, by Olivia Mellon
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki
- Rich Woman, by Kim Kiyosaki
- Your Money or Your Life: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
Life-Long Learning
- Inventing the Future, by Marilee Zendack
- Learning as a Way of Being, by Peter Vail
- Super Learning, by Schroeder and Ostrander
- Super Memory, by Ostrander and Schroeder
- The Everyday Genius, by Peter Kline
Visionary Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship & Boomerpreneurs
- Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers, by Alexander Osterwalder
- Quitter, by Jon Acof
- The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets, by Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits and Eric Ries
- Good to Great, by Jim Collins
- The Lean StartUp, by Eric Ries
- Turning Pro , by Steven Pressfield
Marketing to Boomers
- Ageless Marketing: Strategies for Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the New Customer Majority, by David Wolfe & Robert Snyder
- Boomer Consumer, by Matt Thornhill
- Generation Ageless, by J.Walker Smith & Ann Clurman
- Gray is the New Green, by Karen Sands
- No B.S. Guide to Marketing to Leading-Edge Boomers and Seniors, by Dan S. Kennedy and Chip Kessler
- The New Old, by David Cravit
- Turning Silver into Gold, by Dr. Mary S. Furlong
Business General & Productivity
- The Compound Effect, by Darren Hardy
- How to Swim with the Sharks, by Harvey McKay
- The ONE Thing, by Gary Keller
Marketing General
- 31 days to Millionaire Marketing Miracle, by Tracey Repchuk
- Motivation Manifesto, by Brendan Burchard
- The Product Launch Formula, by Jeff Walker
- Tribes, by Seth Godin
- Youtility:Why Smart Marketing Is about Help Not Hype, by Jay Baer
Workplace & Workforce
- Rework, by David Hannson / Jason Fried
- 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss
- The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, by Gary Chapman
Trends & the Future
- Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning, by William Van Dusen Wishard
- Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584-2069, by William Straus, Neil Howe
- Influence, by Maddy Dyctwald
- Navigating the Future, by Mikela Tarlow
- Our Final Hour, by Sir Martin Rees
- The 500 Year Delta: What Happens After What Comes Next, by Jim Taylor and Watts Wacker
- The Futurist Journal
- Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Some Good Business / Lifestyle Podcasts to Follow
- I Love Marketing (Joe Polish & Dean Jackson)
- Tim Ferriss Show (Tim Ferriss)
- Online Marketing Made Easy (Amy Porterfield)
- EntreLeadership (Dave Ramsey)
- The Good Life Project (Jonathan Fields)
- FYCmethod (Coach Adam Cobb)
Great Links
This is an expanding set of links to sites that complement the themes of this site. It is composed partly of sites I relish as well as those recommended by others.
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Organizations
- Artivist
- Association of Spirit at Work (ASAW)
- Athena Online Business Knowledge Network
- Awakening the Dreamer
- American Society on Aging
- Association of Professional Futurists
- Buckminster Fuller Institute
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Commonway Institute
- Cultural Creatives Network
- CulturalCreatives.org
- Certified Senior Advisors
- European Bahai Business Forum
- First Matter
- Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
- Heartland Institute
- Heiffer Fund
- Institute of Noetic Sciences
- International Coach Federation
- Life Planning Network
- New Dimensions Radio
- Retirement Income Industry Association
- Social Venture Network
- Spirit in Business
- Success-talk
- Sustainable Business Institute
- Voice America Radio
- W. Edwards Deming
- Women’s Calendar
- World Business Academy
- World Future Society
- www.Super-Solutions.com
