Elements: The Writings of Robert Fritz
(Newfane Press) published November 2007.  This book contains over 50 of Robert's newsletter articles, writings from other publications, and even a short Christmas story. Here is Robert's preface:

The book is designed to be dipped into randomly. Just fan the pages, and stop wherever your fancy takes you. There is no particular logic to the order of topics. They are not arranged chronologically, or by subject. The order is almost as random as we hope the reader will be in picking and choosing which one will be read next.

There are over 50 essays in this collection. The topics range from events, films and books, practical advice, lofty thoughts, human relationships, and life in its many manifestations. All of the essays concern the creative process in one form or another.

When I write these types of essays, I have two things in mind, call them goals. One is that I would like the reader to be uplifted by the experience. Now, I am not talking about inspiration, per se, but rather that he or she will find something that enables the soul to find greater expression, the human spirit to reveal itself more definitely, and the mind to confront new and, hopefully, interesting ideas.

The other goal is to say something worth saying, something that has not been said before, something that is worth taking the time to consider.

There is a common thread throughout the book, and that is that we are in a life-building process, sometimes directly, but more often, indirectly.

I like that these essays are short. They can be read in minutes. To me, they are like little musical etudes, little studies on a theme. They are meant to stand alone, each its own composition, each its own little universe.

I must tell you that I like dipping in to this collection myself. Often I am surprised by what I have written, because I forgot I had written it. Often I am enriched by an idea, or a turn of phrase. I often feel more focused and in a better position to create my life than I was just before I happened on one of these essays. I hope you have a similar experience.

This collection of essays, most of which originally first appeared in newsletter form, can be thought of as if they were little charms, meant to capture the light in just the right instant of brightness, reflecting a thought or two that may give the reader a moment of delight, pleasure, or hopefulness.
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The Managerial Moment of Truth by Bruce Bodaken and Robert Fritz
The Managerial Moment of Truth explains a powerful new concept that can dramatically improve performance and increase productivity, at no cost, in virtually any company or organization. Developed by organizational consultant and bestselling author Robert Fritz and proven in practice by coauthor Bruce Bodaken, the chairman, president, and CEO of Blue Shield of California, the book provides a dynamic technique to help people face up to reality and confront the truth in order to correct mistakes, learn from past performance, and adjust processes to build a more successful organization.

Praise For The Managerial Moment of Truth

"Bold, important, groundbreaking. This is the most important book you'll read as a business manager and coach. You'll learn a powerful and simple four-step method to shift your organizational culture to one of truth telling and empowerment. Your employees will thank you and your customers will thank them."
– Patricia Seybold, author of Customers.com and The Customer Revolution

"A valuable addition to our understanding of the power of conversation to transform ourselves and the workplaces we inhabit. It offers a precise framework and dialogue for creating authentic relationships in difficult moments. It delivers the means to replace blame and rationalization with learning and action. No small accomplishment."
– Peter Block, author of Stewardship

"This book will genuinely revolutionize the way you relate to your boss, your peers, and your employees. It can remove the greatest stress we all experience in organizations by allowing you to relate freshly and directly to what is really going on, which is to say, facing reality. Best of all, the result will be exceptional performance and productivity."
– Candice Carpenter, author of Chapters and co-founder of iVillage

"Bodaken and Fritz offer a simple but powerfully effective method to enhance organizational learning. MMOT conversations are the best investments you and your team can make: their payback lasts for years."
– C. Sherry Immediato, President and Managing Director, SOL, the Society for Organizational Learning

"This book is for anyone who manages. The authors provide a simple and elegant model for truth telling that will, if practiced and followed, improve the performance of your team. Yet this is not just a technique for performance improvement. It has everything to do with how to develop, engage, and retain the talent on your team."
– Beverly Kaye, Founder/CEO: Career Systems International

"The Managerial Moment of Truth is very simply about how managers must have the discipline to tell the truth and help their employees to confront reality. At a time when people have lost trust in many of the basic institutions of our society, this book will benefit managers and employees alike and support integrity within the organization."
– Hon. Leon E. Panetta, Director, Panetta Institute for Public Policy, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton.
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Your Life as Art by Robert Fritz
This book is about creating your life as the artist creates a painting, a composer writes a symphony, or the poet writes a poem. Robert Fritz further develops his special insights that he introduced in his best selling book The Path of Least Resistance. In Your Life as Art, Fritz shows the relationship among the mechanics, the orientation and the depth of the human spirit within the creative process, and how your life itself can be made like a work of art. Your Life as Art breaks new ground, shakes up the status quo, and, at once, is common sense and revolutionary insight that can change the way you understand the dynamics of your life-building process.
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The Path of Least Resistance for Managers by Robert Fritz
Science tells us that energy travels where it is easiest to go. Drawing on this concept, Robert Fritz adds a missing piece to management literature – the structural cause of success and failure - and explains how to redesign the organization or team for success. The Path of Least Resistance for Managers teaches readers to take structural laws into account when they restructure their own organizations so the changes they attempt to make do succeed, and they can achieve their highest goals.

This revolutionary guide prescribes a direct approach that managers can use immediately to develop the paths of least resistance that will lead to success for their organizations.

Published by Berrett-Koehler.
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The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz
In this classic bestseller, Robert Fritz argues for the power of the individual to choose to become the predominant creative force in his or her life. It is an oasis for anyone tired of the inadequacies of self-help, but who longs to create a life of satisfaction and purpose. Robert Fritz outlines an exciting and different approach to using creativity in everyday life. He shows that creativity is not a special gift given to the very few, but a skill that can be learned in order to change and improve every aspect of life.

Revised/Expanded Edition, Paperback, Published by Fawcett Books
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Creating by Robert Fritz
Creating is a skill that can be learned and mastered. People from all walks of life and from all backgrounds can learn to create, in the same way that they can learn to drive a car, swim, or use a computer. As a skill, creating can be used in many realms. When used in music or painting, the results are artistic. When used in technology, the results are inventions. When used in business, the results are production. When creating is used to build a relationship between two people, the results are often deep bonding and a natural expression of love. When creating is used to build your life, the results are often tremendous involvement, vitality, adventure, and expansion. Robert Fritz has discovered many principles that can help you learn and develop your creative process – principles that can encompass the many facets of a person's life. By working with these, you will begin to see how your life itself can be the subject of the creative process.

Paperback, Published by Fawcett Books
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Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for educators, parents, and everyone who cares about education
by Peter Senge (Featuring a chapter by Robert Fritz)
Bestselling author Peter Senge and his Fifth Discipline team have written Schools That Learn because educators--who have made up a sizable percentage of the audience for the popular Fifth Discipline books-- have asked for a book that focuses specifically on schools and education, to help reclaim schools even in economically depressed or turbulent districts. One of the great strengths of Schools That Learn is its description of practices that are meeting success across the country and around the world, as schools attempt to learn, grow, and reinvent themselves using the principles of organizational learning. Featuring articles, case studies, and anecdotes from prominent educators such as Howard Gardner, Jay Forrester, and 1999 U.S. Superintendent of the Year Gerry House, as well as from impassioned teachers, administrators, parents, and students, the book offers a wealth of practical tools, anecdotes, and advice that people can use to help schools (and the classrooms in them and communities around them) learn to learn.

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Learning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders
Edited by Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kay,and Ken Shelton (Featuring a chapter by Robert Fritz)
Why are some people able to flourish in their careers, triumph over obstacles, and become beacons for those who follow, while others get stuck, never reaching their full potential? As the contributors to this book demonstrate, truly effective leaders have learned how to learn: They learn from all of life, all their lives long.

This book brings together a "who's who" of today's most successful leadership experts and consultants, who share personal lessons--many learned the hard way--about what it takes to attain success. These intimate stories--about childhood experiences, school life, friendship and marriage, sports, and, of course, careers and business--reveal a compelling truth about what enables individuals to stand out as great mentors and leaders: They seize opportunities to learn wherever they find them.

Learning Journeys offers rich lessons on learning to lead, overcoming setbacks, becoming open to change, mentoring, developing self-awareness, and more. Each essay includes questions for reflection to help readers apply the lessons learned to their own lives and careers. The book also includes suggestions for using the stories in training workshops and ideas for making more effective use of our own and others' stories in mentoring and leading.

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"But My Doctor Never Told Me That!" Secrets for Creating Lifelong Health
by Dr. Judith Boice
'For several years I have been exploring how to meld the process of creating with the world of health care. The work and teachings of Robert and Rosalind Fritz inspired this exploration, and without them this book never would havecome into being.' – Judith Boice from her Acknowledgments
" But My Doctor Never Told Me That!" unveils the secrets for creating life long health. You will learn how to make choices that support your visionof health, choose foods that nourish your body, develop an exercise program you enjoy, and establish a collaborative relationship with your physician.
Judith Boice N.D, L.Ac, author, international teacher, Naturopathic physician and acupuncturist, has a special passion for working with wellness and women's health. Dr. Boice created "The High Level Wellness Program(c)" to support individuals in achieving their personal life and health goals. Dr. Boice is the author of several magazine articles and five books, including The Pocket Guide to Naturopathic Medicine . A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College, she has lived around the world, fostering an understanding and respect for many cultures and traditions.

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School Leaders Building Capacity from Within by Leonard C. Burello, Lauren P. Hoffman, Lynn E. Murray
Foreword by Robert Fritz
Get the Blueprint to transform your school with "Structural Dynamics".
This Guide empowers you to be an architect of long-lasting, positive change in your school using the proven "Structural Dynamics" mode. It offers tools necessary to meet the rising demands for accountability, and create a springboard for soaring success. Highlights include:
• Real-life examples of schools that have effectively implemented the Structural Dynamics model
• Specific strategies for combating obstacles that hinder improvement
• Tips for creating a results-orientated plan and meeting shared goals
• Straight forward definitions and how to's
• Four key elements that propel your school toward achievement

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Dr A's Habits of Health The Path to Permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health     by Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen
Here is a portion of Robert's forward to this book:

Dr. A's Habits of Health may be one of the most important books you will ever read. By following Dr. Wayne Andersen's advice, you'll be able to redirect lifelong patterns that are leading you down the wrong path and replace them with new, helpful practices that will enable you to build better and better health over time.

This book is a major contributor to the goal of creating optimal health, if you allow yourself to study it, follow its design and insight, and let it be your manual for reaching your health goals. So prepare yourself to transform your life, learn profound life-changing lessons, and reach a higher state of health than you ever thought possible.
     

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