In Chapter One of Walden, Henry David Thoreau notes that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” EMPOWERMENT: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE advises its readers on just how to avoid that “desperation trap” through a set of specific approaches to effective handling of our daily financial and economic challenges. Nothing could be more important to our lives. Consumer economist and author Dr. Eugene F. Elander explains clearly and thoroughly, step by effective step, how each of us can take control of our lives away from the many corporate, government, and agency forces which seek to dominate us and determine our decisions. This allows us to become “the masters of our fates and the captains of our souls” as William Ernest Henley put it. We can become Empowered; we deserve no less. You can take charge of your own destiny by learning and applying techniques which allow you to deal effectively with “the system” – the forces which seek to control us and our lives. Chapter by chapter and step by step, Empowerment: Taking Charge of Your Life provides tried and true ways of dealing with common issues and solving real-life problems. For all of us who are frustrated trying to cope with an increasingly-impersonal system which neglects our needs, Empowerment:Taking Charge of Your Life by Dr. Eugene F. Elander will provide a key set of answers.