In the 50s, the psychologist Abraham Maslow presented his theory of the hierarchy of human needs in a pyramid. This theory talks about what you, as a man or woman need, and in what order you need. You will agree with Maslow?
Maslow argued that all people can become successful and made. What we must do is go covering, one by one, our needs in a particular order of precedence.
At the base of the pyramid, ie in the place of highest priority, are the basic or physiological needs, which are being, food and water. Some even argued that this category also include sex, as are those that ensure the survival of the species.
Once the physiological needs are met, the next step we have security needs and protection, where the most common are the need for clothing and housing. But it can cover medical care or assistance even in people with some degree of dependence.
When our need for security and protection is satisfied, we must face the need to belong, that is, the need to be part of a community, ranging from feeling that we want our family to know ourselves part of a group of friends or to have a job. Here it is also included the need to fit in, which sometimes involves profound aspects as sharing values and sometimes superficial aspects like going to fashion.
By the time we cover our need for group feeling, one level up in the pyramid we need to prestige. We know that we fit into our environment, but now comes to fit, but we want to highlight. Sometimes we seek to satisfy this need through an intellectual development above the average, a spectacular physical attractiveness or larger than the neighboring house.
From this point it is where authors like John Whitmore put the coaching as a means to help us move forward. Personally, I think that coaching can bring benefits start much earlier, but it is true that there are more free of other concerns and can afford to focus on growth.
The penultimate step of the pyramid of Maslow is self-esteem, and this, although it must be present long before, this is particularly important because we are able to dedicate ourselves to enable us to develop and, ultimately, to become the kind of person we want to be. You can even, when they reach this stage, we choose to ignore the previous necessity, prestige, because we found that self-esteem is the consideration of ourselves that really matters.
And finally, at the top of the pyramid, we need to self-realization. If we come here, we will seek to cover our most momentous curiosity, get deeper answers. In this phase are our values, our search for the meaning of life, and our inner peace. It is a spiritual and not as tangible as the above need.
And that's how Abraham Maslow defined the hierarchy of human needs. What do you think? Still this prioritization force today? At what point of the pyramid you find you? Head over to the comments section and tell us.
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10 сен 2024