“We each have a hierarchy of

needs that ranges from

"lower" to "higher." As lower

needs are fulfilled there is a

tendency for other, higher

needs to emerge.”

Daniels, 2004

Physiological Needs

Basic Human NeedsConsists of oxygen, food, water, constant body temperature.Physiological are the strongest needs

Safety Needs

Safety Needs•Protection from physical and emotional harm

Social Needs

Social Needs•People seek to overcome feelings of loneliness and alienation.•Involves giving and receiving love affection and a sense of belonging.

Esteem Needs

Esteem Needs•Needs for esteem-involves both self-esteem and esteem a person gets from others•Humans need self-respect and respect of others•When these needs are satisfied person feels self-confident and valuable•When not met people feel inferior, weak, helpless, and worthless

Respect from others through: •Awards•Honors •StatusRespect for self through:•Mastery•Achievement

Self-ActualizationNeeds to Achieve Cognitive – to know, to understand, to exploreAesthetic-to find symmetry, order and beauty

Maslow’s Definition of a Self-actualized Person

• Has no mental illness• Satisfied in basic needs• Fully exploited talents• Motivated by values

Reaching Self-actualization

• Teach people to be authentic• Teach people to become world citizens• Help people to discover their vocation in life• Teach people that life is precious, there is joy

in life• We must accept the person and help them

find their inner self• We must see that basic needs are satisfied

Reaching Self-actualization

• Teach people that controls are good, complete abandon is bad

• Teach people to transcend the trifling problems and tackle the serious problems of life

• Teach people to make good choices

Eight ways to self-actualize....

• Experience things fully, vividly, selflessly. Throw yourself into the experience; concentrate on it fully; let it totally absorb you.

• Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear ) and risk (for the sake of growth: make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

• Let the self emerge. Try to shut out external clues as to what you should think, feel, say and let your experience enable you to say what you truly feel.

Eight ways to self-actualize....

• Make peak experiencing more likely: get rid of illusions and false notions; learn what you are good at and what your potentialities are not.

• Find out who you are, what you like and don’t like, what is good and what is bad for you, where you are going, what your mission is. Opening yourself up in this way means identifying defenses - and then finding the courage to give them up.

Eight ways to self-actualize....• When in doubt, be honest. If you look into yourself

and are honest, you will also take responsibility; taking responsibility is self-actualizing.

• Listen to your own tastes. Be prepared to be unpopular.

• Use your intelligence. Work to do well the things you want to do, whether that means finger exercises at a keyboard, memorizing every bone, muscle and hormone in the human body, or learning to finish wood so it looks and feels like silk.

How Can I?

but we can but we can nearly all do nearly all do more than we more than we think we can think we can

Nobody can do Nobody can do everything, everything,