Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Sustaining Ourselves -- A Personal Awakening -- Sustainability: A Concept Whose Time Has Come -- Common Assumptions and Uncommon Associations -- Reassessing Our Priorities -- Sustainability: A Means, Not an End -- What Do We Have to Lose? -- Surviving and Thriving -- Part One: Reimagining the Good Life -- Chapter 1: Embracing New Rules of Conduct -- Pay Attention -- Stay Put -- Exercise Patience -- Practice Prudence -- Chapter 2: Releasing Old Habits of Thought and Belief -- The Christian Conundrum -- Humanism's Unconfirmed Optimism -- Capitalism: Have We Made Too Many Compromises? -- The Broken Promise of Technology -- Part Two: The Four Keys -- Chapter 3: Pay Attention -- A Famous Piece of Advice: Look! -- Attending to Ourselves: Health, Wellness, and Fitness -- Enhancing Our Work Experience -- Establishing More Satisfying Relationships -- The Attentive Volunteer -- Chapter 4: Stay Put -- The Happy Tale of a Small City Diner -- The Tale of Our Great Cities -- Vocation and Staying Put -- Staying Put in Personal Life -- Staying Put in Our Relationships -- Investing in a Faith Community -- Chapter 5: Exercise Patience -- Cultivating a New Attitude -- No Speed Limits (on Anything) -- Strengthening the Muscle of Patience at Mealtime -- Slow Down and Live a Little -- Closed on Sunday -- The Land Itself Grows Weary -- Patience and Community Improvement -- Chapter 6: Practice Prudence -- An Unhealthy Predilection -- Not Too Late to Learn -- Low Prices and High Mortality -- Focus on the Local -- Ancient Wisdom for a New Age -- The Real Bottom Line is Happiness -- Unfit for Life: Prudence and Personal Choices -- Kids, Careers, and Other Complexities -- Conclusion: A Sustainable Code of the Soul -- Consider the Spirit -- Moderation, Not Martyrdom -- Toward a Graceful Exit.

The Optimal Attitude -- Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- About Berrett-Koehler Publishers -- A BK Life Book -- Be Connected -- Visit Our Website -- Subscribe to Our Free E-Newsletter -- Get Quantity Discounts -- Host a Reading Group -- Join the BK Community.