… and speaking of Maslow, let’s take a look at his:
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs.
1. Food, Water & Air
2. Personal Safety, Shelter & Security
3. Belonging & Emotional Safety
4. Self-Esteem
5. Self-Actualizationor per the Learning Fountain…
- PHYSIOLOGICAL - Basic living needs, such as food, water, oxygen and sex.
- SAFETY - Once physiological needs are satisfied, you need to have a home and other forms of security.
- BELONGING - So far you have taken care of yourself. Once you do this, you look to make friends, find someone to love and in general feel part of a community.
- SELF-ESTEEM - You need self-confidence, to be appreciated for what you are and be treated with dignity.
- SELF-ACTUALIZATION - This is the highest level. Once your basic needs are supplied, you seek ways to reach your highest potential.
The one that surprises me is that BELONGING is #3… even above Self-Esteem (wow!). That means that the Group is even more important than the Self.
- Sociology > Psychology.
- Relational EQ > Internal EQ.
- Families, and Friends, and Groups, and even Gangs are better than Aloneness.
Let’s all pull together as Americans, shall we?!?
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