References
You may find these books and web links helpful as you explore the case for renewal and balance.
Recommended Books:
Encouraging The Heart - A Leader's Guide To Rewarding & Recognizing Others - James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
A set of principles, practices and examples that show how genuine appreciation helps energize people to excel.
Care Packages For The Workplace - Barbara Glanz
Very practical suggestions for dozens of things you can do to regenerate spirit at work.
In Praise Of Slow - How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging The Cult of Speed - Carl Honore
A thoughtful challenge to the pressures of pace. Profiles various aspects of the slow movement and supports the value of living at 'tempo giusto' - the right speed.
Faster - The Acceleration Of Just About Everything - James Gleick
A well-researched investigation into the driving causes of the accelerated pace of today's world.
Margin - How To Create The Emotional, Physical, Financial & Time Reserves You Need - Richard A. Swenson
The case for re-establishing margin in our lives - that leeway that once existed between the loads we carry and our limits.
Recharge In Minutes - Suzanne Zoglio
101 ways to rev up your focus, confidence, and renew energy ... every day.
Sabbath - Finding Rest, Renewal, & Delight In Our Busy Lives. Wayne Muller
Presents a convincing historical case and present day argument for building pauses into our lives on a regular basis.
Slack - Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency - Tom DeMarco
Ideas for making an organization slightly less efficient but enormously more effective, by reintroducing slack as a key element for greater flexibility and more thoughtful learning and change.
Slow Down...and Get More Done - Marshall Cook
Techniques for tuning in to a pace that is healthy for you.
Take Back Your Time - Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty In America - John de Graaf, Editor
Articles by leaders of the vanguard movement for a more balanced American life.
The Power of Full Engagement - Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal - Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
A practical and scientifically based approach to the skillful management of energy on and off the job. Grounded in work with high performance athletes.
Timeshifting - Creating More time To Enjoy Your Life - Stephen Rechtschaffen
Insights and strategies for shifting to a more satisfying experience of time.
You Don't Have To Go Home From Work Exhausted - Anne McGee Cooper
Wonderful read and exciting presentation! How to add energy enhancers and rejuvenators to every day of your life.
Recommended Web Links:
www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=52
Work-life Balance In The New Millenium: Where Are We? Where Do We Need To Go? - Linda Duxbury & Chris Higgins
The latest in a series of in-depth studies from Canada's premiere researches in the field of work-life balance.
www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=308
2003 Ipsos Reid Poll reports that work-life balance is what Canadians want most from their work life.
www.jimcollins.com/lib/articles.html
A USA Today article by Jim Collins that suggests an effective route to stronger focus is the creation of 'A Stop Doing List'.
www.jugglezine.com
A web-zine (sponsored by Herman Miller) focused on balancing work and life. Occasionally irreverent, sometimes contrarian, articles on people and work with embedded hot links to many quoted references.
www.patkatz.com/media_centre/docs/Your_Own_Sweet_Time.pdf (pdf - 342kb)
'Your Own Sweet Time' by Kathy English for Homemakers' Magazine: Profiles the concept of Balance Days for personal renewal.
www.slowfood.com
An international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.
www.simpleliving.net
A resource rich web site from The Simple Living Network that offers tools, examples & contacts for conscious, simple, healthy & restorative living.
www.simpleliving.net/timeday/default.asp
The official website for 'Take Back Your Time' movement, a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. October 24th Is Take Back Your Time Day
www.stopping.com
A site based on the thinking and writing of David Kundtz, author of two books, Stopping and Serenity. Explores the value of stopping in modern life. Interesting quotes and food for thought.
If you have other recommendations for useful references and web links, contact us with your suggestions.
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
-Sir J. Lubbock
