Resources

Wheel of Life Assessments

The following tools will help give you a snapshot of now — your current level of satisfaction with your life. They can help you identify areas for growth and development.

Professional

Download this pdf file and complete the exercise to evaluate your professional satisfaction.

Personal

Download this pdf file and complete the exercise to evaluate your overall satisfaction with your personal and professional life.

On the Nightstand — Recommended Reading

Career/Work/Leadership

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What it Was. Barbara Sher, 1994

Now, Discover Your Strengths. Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, 2001

Strengthsfinder 2.0 Tom Rath, 2007

Fierce Conversations. Susan Scott, 2002

Drive, Daniel Pink, 2009

Creativity

The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron, 2002

Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anne Lamott, 1995

Marriage

Getting to 50/50 How Working Couples Can Have it All by Sharing it All. Sharon Meers & Joanna Strober, 2009

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. John Gottman & Nan Silver, 1999

Parenting

Nurture Shock. Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman, 2009

Positive Discipline, Jane Nelsen, 2006

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. Marc Weisbluth, 1999

Operating Instructions. Anne Lamott, 2005

Bad Mother, Ayelet Waldman, 2009

Pregnancy

The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy. Vicki Iovine, 1995

Fulfillment/Happiness

The Happiness Project. Gretchen Rubin, 2010

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want. Barbara Sher, 2003

Food/Eating

In Defense of Food. Michael Pollan, 2008

Garlic and Sapphires. Ruth Reichl, 2006

Miscellaneous

Freakonomics. Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J Dubner, 2005