1. Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin, The Longevity Project (New York: Hudson Street Press, 2011), 9.
2. Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Successful People (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989, 2004), 102 – 53.
3. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Safe People (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996).
4. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, How to Have That Difficult Conversation You’ve Been Avoiding (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).
5. Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007), 23.
6. David Allen, Getting Things Done (New York: Penguin Books, 2001). Kindle book, location 715.
7. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Boundaries (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992).
8. An article from millennialmarketing.com makes good points here, which also have application to all ages: millennialmarketing. com/2009/11/themillennials-the-roots-of-entitlement.
9. Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002).
10. Rick Warren, personal communication, 2010.
11. Bill Hybels, Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008). Kindle book, location 369.
12. Hal Hershfield, research from NYU’s Stern School of Business, “Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow,” Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/201403/dont-stop-thinking-about-tomorrow.
13. Henry Cloud, 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life (Nashville: Nelson, 2004), 69 – 94.
14. The first one was: Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992).
15. C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: Macmillan, 1961); this quotation is widely quoted on the internet: e.g., http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1180-pain-insists-upon-beingattended-to-god-whispers-to-us.