Point Solutions for Mature Adults
Mature Adults are those individuals between 30 and 60 years of age focused on applied knowledge, increasing responsibility, wealth, health, and proficiency in life’s pursuits, including family, career, and self actualization.
Of the many point solutions in business, economics, psychology, and self help available to the public, the following are a selection of recommended resources to help mature adults establish the all important enlightened and actionable perspectives, skills, and plans. With these point solutions in hand, Lifelong Fulfillment empowers individuals to understand who they are, what they want out of life, the necessary financial, educational, and environmental information they need, and to master the robust and dependable process that delivers results. A more complete offering is available in the book Lifelong Fulfillment and on line at Vision In Action, Live!
Business and Economics
- Abundance, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, 2012 (Abundance is our future | Peter Diamandis – YouTube)
- A Field Guide to Lies, Daniel Levitin, 2016 (Daniel Levitin: A Field Guide to Lies – YouTube)
- Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell, 2014 (Thomas Sowell — Basic Economics – YouTube)
- Differentiate or Die, Jack Trout, 2020 (Differentiate or Die by Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin)
- Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen, 2020 (Kurt Anderson: “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America”)
- On business, economics, government, politics – Frontline
- Reckless Endangerment, Grechen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner, 2011 ([Reckless Endangerment] | June 21, 2011 | C-SPAN.org)
- See You At The Top, Zig Ziglar, 1978
- The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson, 2009 (FINANCE – THE ASCENT OF MONEY – PARTS 1 – 5 – YouTube)
- The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley, William Danko, 2000 (The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J Stanley & William D …)
- The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, Barry Schwartz, 2009 (The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz – YouTube)
- Why the secret to success is setting the right goals, John Doerr, 2018 (Why the secret to success is setting the right goals | John …)
- Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Robert Reich, 2016 (Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich – YouTube)
Contrarian Views
- Essentialism, Greg McKeown, 2014 (Essentialism | Greg McKeown | Talks at Google – YouTube)
- Evil Geniuses, The Unmaking of America, Kurt Andersen, 2020 (Kurt Andersen: Evil Geniuses – YouTube)
- Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport, 2019 (Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport – YouTube)
- Hormegeddon, How Too Much of A Good Thing Leads to Disaster, Bill Bonner, 2014 ( 431: Bill Bonner Interview with Michael Covel on Trend …)
- Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity, John Stossel , 2006 (John Stossel – Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity 5 …)
- Rule By Secrecy, Jim Marrs, 2000 (Rule By Secrecy)
- Survival With Style, Bradford Angier, 1972
- The Decline of Men, Guy Garcia, 2008
- The Hydrogen Economy, Jeremy Rifkin, 2002 (Is hydrogen the answer? – YouTube)
- Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil, 2016 (Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases …)
Environment
- May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm
- The Budget Book, http://budget-book-2015.s3.amazonaws.com/PDFs/Sections/02_Eight%20Charts
- The World’s Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, an Compute Information, Martin Hilbert and Priscila Lopez, University of Southern California, Science, 2011, martinhilbert.net/worldinfocapacity-html/
- US Cities with the Lowest Cost of Living in 2021, Joe Roberts, 2021, www.move.org
History
- Boomerang, Michael Lewis, 2011 (Michael Lewis On How Behavioural Economics Changed The …)
- Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond, 1997 (Why societies collapse | Jared Diamond – YouTube)
- Tailspin, The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty Year Fall, Steven Brill, 2018
- The Big Score, Michael Malone, 1985 (CHM Live | The Big Score: Silicon Valley From the Beginning)
- The Innovators, Walter Isaacson, 2015 (The Innovators | Walter Isaacson | Talks at Google – YouTube)
Personal Development
- Lifelong Fulfillment, James Boswell, 2023, www.lifelongfulfillment.com
- 40 Developmental Assets, search-institute.org/what-we-study/developmental assets (40 Developmental Assets – YouTube)
- Conceptual Blockbusting (creativity & transformation), J. Adams, 1979
- Enneagram, enneagraminstitute.com (TJ Dawe: Knowing Your Enneagram – YouTube)
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, 2010 (HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale …)
- Human Synergistics, humansynergistics.com
- Kahn Academy, www.kahnacademy.org
- Leadership Effectiveness & Adaptability Description (LEAD), Leadership Studies, Inc, scribd.com (How Thinking Styles Impact Leadership Effectiveness with …)
- Move from Striving to Thriving, The Positive Psychology Workbook for Challenging Times, Bruce Smith, 2021 (Move from Striving to Thriving)
- Nudge, Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, 2008 (Richard Thaler – Nudge: improving decisions about wealth …)
- Situational Leadership, Leadership Studies, Inc., Ken Blanchard, kenblanchard.com (Dr. Ken Blanchard (TLP039) Leaders on Leadership – YouTube)
- Team Management Systems & Profile – Margerison & McCann, tms.com.au (Margerison McCann: The Team Management Wheel – YouTube)
- The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2007 (Sonja Lyubomirsky: The How of Happiness – YouTube)
- The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis, 2016 (Michael Lewis with Malcolm Gladwell: The Undoing Project)
- True Colors – Training that makes a Good team Great!, truecolorsworkshops.com/shop/ (True Colors Team Exercise – YouTube)
Psychology
- Adversity Quotient, Paul Stolz, 2000, peaklearning.com (Adversity Quotient® by Dr. Paul G. Stoltz – YouTube)
- Forgive For Good, Fred Luskin, 2003 ( Fred Luskin: Forgive for Good – YouTube)
- Grit, Angela Duckworth, 2016 (How to turn grit into a lifelong habit – Angela Duckworth)
- I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Terrence Real, 1997
- Mindware, Tools for Smart Thinking, Richard Nisbett, 2015
- Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, 2008
- Perspective-changing experiences, good or bad, can lead to richer lives, Sujata Gupta, Science News, 2021 (Perspective-changing experiences, good or bad, can lead to richer lives)
- Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, 2008 (Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely at TEDxMidwest – YouTube)
- Range, Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World, David Epstein, 2019
- Rebuilding, When Your Relationship Ends, Bruce Fisher, 1981 (Rebuilding, When Your Relationship Ends)
- Refire! Don’t Retire, Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz, 2015 (Refire! Don’t Retire with Ken Blanchard and Mort Shaevitz)
- The Change Cycle: The Secret to Getting Through Life’s Difficult Changes, Lillie Brock, Mary Ann Salerno, 1994 (The Change Cycle by Ann Salerno and Lillie Brock … – YouTube)
- The unexpected habits of original thinkers, Adam Grant (The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant|TED)
- Think Again, Adam Grant, 2021 (Think Again: Adam Grant – YouTube)
Science and Math
- How Not to Be Wrong, The Power of Mathematical Thinking, Jordan Ellenberg, 2014 (How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking)
- Digging Into the Past, An Autobiography, Edwin H. Colbert, 1989
- Lost In Space, The Fall of NASA and the Dream of A New Space Age, Greg Klerkx, 2004 (The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age)
- On science intersections with life, www.edge.org
- The Fellowship, Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton and the Story of a Scientific Revolution, John Gribben, 2007
- The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, Gerard K. O’Neill, 1977 (Gerard O’Neill | The Movie)
- Virus Hunter, Thirty Years Battling Hot Viruses Around the World, C. J. Peters and Mark Olshaker, 1997 (From the archives: Hunting viruses)





