This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Results Mapping, an in novative approach for assessing the worth of hard-to-evaluate social, health, and education programs. Results Mapping represents a true milestone in program evaluation-a milestone both as methodology for program accountability and as a technique for program improvement. It is relevant across a wide spectrum of pub lic health, social service, and systems-building initiatives. It introduces "new sci ence" into the field of program evaluation. It merges common sense with structured logic. It retains the richness of real world success stories without sacri ficing a hard-nosed focus on quantitative data and measurable outcomes. The contents of this book are directly pertinent for program leadership and staff, for sponsors and funders in the public and private sectors, and for those charged with assessing, documenting and analyzing the effects of program activ ity. Success Stories as Hard Data is designed to be readable, practical, and clear. Its author does not ignore previous scholarly work, but chooses to emphasize real world applications. For this Dr. Kibei is to be applauded."

This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Results Mapping, an in novative approach for assessing the worth of hard-to-evaluate social, health, and education programs. Results Mapping represents a true milestone in program evaluation-a milestone both as methodology for program accountability and as a technique for program improvement. It is relevant across a wide spectrum of pub lic health, social service, and systems-building initiatives. It introduces "new sci ence" into the field of program evaluation. It merges common sense with structured logic. It retains the richness of real world success stories without sacri ficing a hard-nosed focus on quantitative data and measurable outcomes. The contents of this book are directly pertinent for program leadership and staff, for sponsors and funders in the public and private sectors, and for those charged with assessing, documenting and analyzing the effects of program activ ity. Success Stories as Hard Data is designed to be readable, practical, and clear. Its author does not ignore previous scholarly work, but chooses to emphasize real world applications. For this Dr. Kibei is to be applauded."

Abraham Maslow, a pioneer in positive and transpersonal psychology, devoted much of the last decade of his career to the study of the peak experience. He noted that athletes in the zone, mystics recounting moments of enlightenment, artists when under the influence of their muse, and everyday persons at their ethical and humanistic best appeared to share a common state of consciousness. In synthesizing their reports, he noted that the same 14 BE-values were invariably used to capture the spirit of that consciousness (wholeness, beauty, goodness, aliveness, etc.). What might the world be like if these values dictated human behavior? Maslow posited that humanity would be operating at its optimum. He named that world Eupsychia. He made some brief forays into the world of business and management to promote the spread of these values. His untimely death in 1970 cut short that mission. This book picks up where Maslow left off. The focus is widened to include any context in which a person or individuals are getting in the way of their own excellence (operating at less than peak) and choose to elevate and illuminate their behaviors. The author has benefited from the writings and direct lessons of literally hundreds of spiritual guides, some famous and some obscure. He has read, re-read, marked up, reflected on, and practiced much of what is presented in hundreds of books, from Hermes to Wilber. He is well versed in Jewish mystical thought and practice. And yet, he insists, it all comes down to these 14 values, experienced and lived. The rest follows. Peak experiences will happen. Insights will be commonplace. Happiness and joy are certainties. The something beyond will make itself known. Drawing on these values, one will be optimally positioned to self-evolve and be a positive force for radical change in the world. What about love, compassion, and other positive qualities? The author submits that the 14 are sufficient to capture them all. Much as the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue), coupled with black and white, represent all the essentials for the painter's palette, the 14 BE-values combine to produce all the soul and spirit needs. Isn't love, for example, adequately expressed and experienced through wholeness, completion, truthfulness, goodness, aliveness, beauty, and so on? Add faith to the mix and it is all nicely ready for execution. A process called BE-value exploration is presented in detail. It consists of six steps that guide an individual or team from a challenge to inspired action items for tackling it. This process was not designed for "technical" challenges that involve moving physical components or electronic bits into new configurations. It works exceeding well, as is discovered with practice, for most situations where individuals or teams are performing at less than peak and intend to do something about that. A pair of resources is provided for each of the 14 BE-values: a BE-value Script and an associated Inspiration Sheet. They are essential elements of BE-value explorations. The scripts can also be used on their own for self-study and spiritual growth. Two additional resources are available for deeper explorations: The Eupsychian Assessment Tool is provided as an Appendix. This tool is useful for in-depth assessments of most situations in which personal or group behaviors are getting in the way of excellence (as defined by peak experiences). The results of the tool are a rich set of ideas for improving the situation immediately and suggestions for which BE-values to use for in-depth exploration. In a second Appendix, a mandala is provided for each BE-value. As with the scripts, the 14 mandalas can be used to deepen problem-solving explorations or on their own as meditation tools for self-study and spiritual growth.

These fabricated essays present the essential teaching of nine teachers whose insights helped shape my understanding of and relationship with the Divine Presence. Each essay reconstructs the approach taken by that teacher to reveal personal, first-hand understanding of the God-self relationship. Each makes clear how to see and break through myths about self and return to that point of consciousness where we are at-one with God. i drew these materials from core writing of each teacher, and reshaped them so they are transparent, provocative, and instructional. The text is presented largely in the second person as teaching directed from the teacher to you, the student. If I found some statement from the original text that was not immediately clear to me, I gently edited it so that I "got it." I took care not to distort the teaching to the extent that it became more mine than theirs. A basic challenge that is repeated throughout this collection of essays: It is time for you to stop playing mental games and instead awaken to your Self Each essay goes farther in offering clear instructions for how to make this happen right now by shifting the way you know yourself and see the world. The promise of this action is an intimate and authentic relation with God. The collection does not promote a single viewpoint or philosophy regarding who or what is God, and does not promote a "best" religion or discipline for closing the distance to God. None of these nine individuals make claims to have the monopoly on the truth. These five Eastern and four Western teachers approach spiritual inquiry through different disciplines and lenses, yet there is a sense of wholeness and integrity to what they offer collectively. They are each speaking from a root level where unity rather than divisiveness prevails. Each essay is an invitation to the reader to adopt that teacher for a brief while as a seasoned guide and discover what might be learned from travelling on a mental journey with that guide. They present what they have learned and what has worked for them. What they teach, if approached with an open mind and heart, can serve to strengthen and mature one's own practices, faith, and connection with God. The five spiritual guides from the East were among the most popular and respected teachers and mystics of the past century. They played a major role in bringing Eastern spirituality to Europe and North America. The four Westerners echoed these teachings with their own unique spins on Self-consciousness. There is no clash here between East and West. Through the essays, each "side" offers parallel advice on what to stop and what to do (or not-do) so that welcomed results immediately follow. Each essay is fascinating in its own right. Each reflects the unbridled passion and complete sincerity of that teacher. The advice offered is plausible and compelling, even should you not buy into every single statement. These instructions have been endorsed, in the case of the five teachers from the East, by their multiple thousands of devoted followers. You can begin with any essay and then freely move across them to find a coherent thread of discourse, advice, and wisdom. My editing aimed at making this feasible. I also made use of several section headings for each essay to allow "essay hopping" around particular themes of interest. The table of contents includes these headings to encourage such cross-essay exploration. Akin to the I Ching, you can also open to any page and paragraph and find immediate wisdom to inform your day. It is hard to imagine any open-minded and open-hearted individual interested in deepening their spiritual understandings and practice who will not find inspiration and insight in this collection. The nine teachers-while clearly not representative of all faiths and spiritual disciplines-were among the 20th century's best. The nine teachers would definitely be included in a Who's Who of the field.