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Resources...
Web Sites
Lifeworktransitions.com This web site is companion to the book by the same name. It is a generous and useful compilation of online career and transition resources, including valuable exercises gleaned from the field.
Books
Don't Waste Your Talent: The 8 Critical Steps to Discovering What You Do Best
By Bob D. McDonald and Don Hutcheson, 2000.
For anyone who wants to explore their own natural abilities, and the critical role they play in work and personal life. Includes 'thought experiments' at the end of every chapter that help you apply the material to your own situation. The authors have synthesized from the field a 'Personal Vision Process', which addresses all the factors that need to be considered when formulating your life's direction. Their work is comprehensive, scientifically sound, yet easy to digest. The authors created The Highlands Program [link to About Abilities] a decade ago, and this book can introduce you to the thinking behind the Ability Battery.Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Lifework
By Milahy Csikszentmihalyi, 1997. This watershed work is clearly written, and is a thrilling synthesis of research and original thinking. "Enough' challenge, combined with clear goals and feedback can focus us so as to be 'in the zone'; not for a sporting event, but for life.The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life,
Revised and Expanded, Robert Fritz, 1989. Fritz, who was once a professional musician and never a fan of contemporary psychology, has developed his own ideas about stimulating creativity into a refreshing and powerful approach. The title refers to the path water always takes, and how we can use that analogy to shape our lives to support the creative outcomes we want.Life Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online
By Deborah L. Knox and Sandra S. Butzel, 2000.
The authors have done a remarkable job organizing the sea of information that will effect job seekers in the 21st century. Their focus is on your desire for meaningful work, understanding the macro forces impacting the job you are considering, and on a number of practical learning tools available to you electronically via the internet.Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
By David Whyte 2001.
The message in this latest work by poet and corporate creativity consultant, David Whyte, is that work can be the crucible in which our deepest Self is shaped, refined and nurtured. Utilizing the metaphors of a sea voyage and a holy pilgrimage, he leads us on a journey and we arrive understanding that fulfillment comes from work that expresses our true selves and that gives back to the world. His approach is part philosophy, part memoir, and part poetic illumination.
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