Psychological Self Help is a unique site I found while researching a question on Maslow's hierarchy for my Customer Behavior class. A Google search led me to chapter fourteen, which provides some good information on changing motivations by creating "positive addictions." Chapter three also has some apropos messages that mirror those of Zig Ziglar: We can be successful by helping others achieve their goals.

Of course, psychology has always played a key role in the study of customer behavior. One of my students made the observation that Maslow's view of life is "too neat" and I agree that the idea of the triangle is pretty cleancut. In reality, it seems like we move around the triangle sometimes. Many Maslow-based theories in answer to the challenge of other factors contributing to behavior find a way to work the hierarchy in somehow, either as part of the adult experience, or based on a childhood experience.

I agree that Maslow's hierarchy makes a great deal of sense. I also agree that sometimes, folks just need to find their inner children and set them straight. ;^)