Draws on such fields as neuoscience, economics, and evolutionary psychology to address the question of how to find a more satisfying way to live, arguing that the key to satisfaction lies in the complexity and challenge in one's life.

You Want It? You Got It! Seeking satisfaction? Perhaps a little more money, a new car, a different job, less weight, or a place at the beach? Something that would make everything right with your world? Thank God that your ticket to satisfaction isn’t the attainment of whatever’s posted on your refrigerator. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,” Jesus said, “for they shall be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6). The means to incredible, abundant fulfillment comes through the unexpected catalyst known as godly character. In Satisfaction Guaranteed , Bill Ritchie guides you on a fulfilling pursuit of the character of Jesus. A one-of-a-kind assessment tool, available both in the book and online, helps you celebrate your progress! Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Everything on your “must have” list is checked off. But—help!—now it’s filling up again! Why does fulfillment seem so slippery? Why can’t you get a lasting grip on it? The secret to satisfaction is really no secret at all. It’s just completely contrary to everything you hear. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,” Jesus says, “for they shall be satisfied.” But what about that new car, house, computer, outfit, girlfriend, vacation…? Inside the pages of this book, you will find the answer. With a refreshing outlook on the satisfaction that has eluded you, Bill Ritchie will help you: · Identify the character qualities that make it happen · Cultivate these qualities in your life · Gauge your progress in realizing your heart’s desires Every person on the planet has been designed for satisfaction. There is a way to find and keep it. Guaranteed.

Harris (philosophy, c. of William and Mary) explores the lyrics of rock on the human condition. Published by Open Court Publishing, Co., 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60604. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

Introduction: being cheerful and modern -- The gap: happiness scales and the edge of sadness -- Component parts: modernity and ideas of happiness and progress as historical forces -- Modernity's deficiencies -- False starts and surprises: making modernity more difficult -- The dilemmas of work in modernity -- Death as a modern quandary -- Century of the child? Childhood, parenting, and modernity -- Born to shop: consumerism as the modern panacea.

Designed for advanced MBA and doctoral courses in Consumer Behavior and Customer Satisfaction, this is the definitive text on the meaning, causes, and consequences of customer satisfaction. It covers every psychological aspect of satisfaction formation, and the contents are applicable to all consumables - product or service.Author Richard L. Oliver traces the history of consumer satisfaction from its earliest roots, and brings together the very latest thinking on the consequences of satisfying (or not satisfying) a firm's customers. He describes today's best practices in business, and broadens the determinants of satisfaction to include needs, quality, fairness, and regret ('what might have been').The book culminates in Oliver's detailed model of consumption processing and his satisfaction measurement scale. The text concludes with a section on the long-term effects of satisfaction, and why an understanding of satisfaction psychology is vitally important to top management.

In this provocative edition, Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall presents more than 200 of Whitman's finest poems, written during the creative and sexual prime of his life. Line drawings. 7 photos.