Suggested Reading

The Lawyer’s Guide to Balancing Life and Work – Taking the Stress Out of Success, by George W. Kaufman. Second Edition.
A guide every attorney should read. In many respects, the issues facing young lawyers discussed in this book have not changed radically in the last forty years - in fact, they've intensified. Many useful hints are provided for evaluating and realizing one's career and personal life goals.

The Creative Lawyer – A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction, by Michael F. Melcher.
A self-help book for lawyers, geared towards helping design a career which is in line with who the individual lawyer really is, taking into account the individual's personality traits and values.

How Lawyers Lose Their Way – A Profession Fails Its Creative Minds, by Jean Stefancic and Richard Delgado.
Using as its paradigm the friendship developed over forty years of correspondence between Archibald MacLeish and Ezra Pound, the differing effects formalism and realism as bases in legal education have on lawyers is analyzed.

Stress Management For Lawyers - How to Increase Personal and Professional Satisfaction in the Law, by Amiram Elwork, Ph.D.
What lawyer hasn't experienced stress? How much stress is helpful, and when does stress overload one's system? This book is geared towards lawyers, and gives guidelines and advice for managing stress levels with an eye towards finding the best balance for the individual attorney.

Leading Books in Positive Psychology

Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman

A Primer in Positive Psychology by Christopher Peterson

Positivity:
Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life by Barbara Fredrickson

The How of Happiness:
A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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