Motivation and personality
by Abraham H. Maslow · first published 1954
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This is an article written by David Sze that I've found on The Huffington Post Abraham Maslow is the leading figure in the tradition of humanistic psychology and the modern Positive Psychology movement owes a huge debt to his theories. His ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ remains widely recognized and used. Nonetheless, the layperson knows surprisingly little about the pinnacle Maslow wants us to aspire to- Self-Actualization. Who is this Self-Actualized person, and what characteristics does s/he have? Maslow’s portrait is detailed and complex. Self-Actualization Maslow describes the good life
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…and demand socially sustainable business models to drive the products that they use. selfActualize() would describe the process of becoming all that we can be, which is the focus of Abraham Maslow's Motivation and Personality. Carl Rogers and Kurt Goldstein also covered it, but I think Maslow's take is the most thought-provoking. If you want some notes on his work, I'd be happy to share (they're linked in the post I shared…
on “Show HN: I created an algorithm to help me achieve Product-Market Fit” ↗…need B may emerge 5 per cent, as need A becomes satisfied 75 per cent need B may emerge 90 per cent, and so on. [/quote] If you want to understand Maslow, there's no escaping his two seminal books: • Motivation and Personality, 1954 • Toward a Psychology of Being, 1962 He writes with superb clarity, and is an absolute joy to read. If you're really, really short on time, at least read his paper, A Theory of Human Motivation[3].…
on “Maslow never proposed a pyramid” ↗Please review Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs [1]. I'm just communicating what he said in his book Motivation and Personality. His theory is taught in every introduction to psychology textbook. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
on “Forced social isolation causes neural craving similar to hunger” ↗…ill or neurotic people, writing that "the study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy."[11]: 236 > … > Maslow, A (1954). Motivation and personality. New York, NY: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-041987-5. I took a read through the text in question ( https://archive.org/details/motivationperson00masl_0 ) and while the quoted text seems to have been quoted…
on “Maslow never proposed a pyramid” ↗I am a bit envious of your apparent lack of akrasia. I read a similar argument to yours by Abraham Maslow ("Motivation and Personality" I believe?) and have the same reaction then as I do now. The inner worlds of different human beings can be radically different. Sometimes we forget that and assume our experiences or ways of experiencing…
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