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Based on a core set of recommendations provided by Dr. Peter Bishop, and posted with his permission (Studies of the Future, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 281-433-4160), this growing set of resources is categoried by useful topic areas. IF @ AACC team members will add items of interest. Your contributions are welcome and accepted via if@aacc.edu Many of these books can be obtained through The Futurist Bookshelf at the World Future Society.
The Career Chase: Taking Creative Control in a Chaotic by Helen L. Harkness. Consulting Psychologists Press, 1997.*
An outstanding description of transformational change at the personal, career and occupational levels.
Creating Your Future: Personal Strategic Planning for Professionals by George L. Morrisey. Berrett Koehler, 1992.*
A step-by-step guide to create your own personal strategic plan
Living Without a Goal; Finding the Freedom to Live a Creative and Innovative Life by James Ogilvy. Currency/Doubleday, 1995)
Permission from a well-known futurist to throw away your goal planner and live your life with joy.
Synchronicity : The Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski. Berrett-Koehler, 1996.
The story of a very successful attorney who left his profession to pursue meaning in his life, and the success he and the lessons he learned along the way.

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