Abraham Maslow: Holistic Dynamic Theory 9

Physiological Needs

Food, water, sleep

Safety

Home, sweet home

Love and Belonging

Achieving deeper, more meaningful relationships

D-love

The basic need for love is a selfish concern with seeking love from others

B-love

The basic need to love others; possible only when we have fulfilled our D-love

Esteem

You’ve acquired the skills that lead to honor and recognition

Self-worth

Respect from ourselves

Status

Respect from others

Self-actualization

You are living to your highest potential; Maximum realization and fulfillment of our potentials, talent, and abilities

Cognitive Needs

the desire for knowledge and understanding coming from curiosity, need for meaning and predictability

Aesthetic Needs

the manifestation of appreciation and search for beauty

Transcendence

manifested when motivated by certain experiences or values that transcends beyond the personal self.

Metamotivation

Behavior is not driven by needs–it is driven by self-determination

The Jonah Complex

“We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under the most perfect conditions, under conditions of great courage.”

Self-determinism

the capacity to make choices and create our lives