Sullivan, Harry Stack
The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry, W.W. Norton, New York
(Opened my eyes to the critical influence of anxiety)

Kegan, Robert
The Evolving Self, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982
(Introduced me to the importance of meaningfulness)

Gottman, John, with Silver, Nan
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994
(Scientifically measured the impact and result of disrespect/discounting)
Goleman, Daniel
Emotional Intelligence-Why it Can Matter More than IQ
Bantam Books, New York, 1995
(Made the connection between brain function and anxiety)
LeDoux, Joseph
The Emotional Brain-The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
Touchestone, New York, 1996
(Did the research on the brain on which Goleman based his work)
Dewey, John
How We Think,D.C. Heath, Boston, 1933
(The first book I read about thinking!)
Kohn, Alfie
No Contest: The Case Against Competition
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1993
(A brilliantly researched book proving that competition is second to cooperation in accomplishment)
Wheatley, Margaret J
Leadership and the New Science
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, 1992, 1994
(First real appreciation of the importance of field/climate and relationship in business)
Wenger, Win
Beyond Teaching and Learning
Project Renaissance, Gaithersburg, MD, 1992
(A totally brilliant nut who does some marvelous thinking and experimenting with thinking
and learning)

Miller, Jean Baker
Toward a New Psychology of Women"
Beacon Press, Boston, 1986
Gilligan, Carol
In a Different Voice
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982