Maslow's 5-level hierarchy of human needs:
1. Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink,
shelter, warmth, intimacy, sleep, etc.
2. Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order,
law, limits, stability, etc.
3. Belongingness and Love needs - work group, family,
affection, relationships, etc.
4. Esteem needs - self-esteem, achievement, mastery,
independence, status, dominance, prestige, managerial responsibility, etc.
5. Self-Actualization needs - realising personal potential,
self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences.
Maslow's Self-actualizing characteristics:
- keen sense of reality - aware of real situations - objective judgement, rather than subjective
- see problems in terms of challenges and situations requiring solutions, rather than see problems as personal complaints or excuses
- need for privacy and comfortable being alone
- reliant on own experiences and judgement - independent - not reliant on culture and environment to form opinions and views
- not susceptible to social pressures - non-conformist
- democratic, fair and non-discriminating - embracing and enjoying all cultures, races and individual styles
- socially compassionate - possessing humanity
- accepting others as they are and not trying to change people
- comfortable with oneself - despite any unconventional tendencies
- a few close intimate friends rather than many surface relationships
- sense of humour directed at oneself or the human condition, rather than at the expense of others
- spontaneous and natural - true to oneself, rather than being how others want
- excited and interested in everything, even ordinary things
- creative, inventive and original
- seek peak experiences that leave a lasting impression
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