self-actualization

I had read in some of the psychology books about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs—that we had these life requirements that ranged from the lowest and most basic ones of food and safety all the way up to the highest level of need, something called self-actualization.

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Where self-actualization is the need to "become everything that one is capable of becoming".

Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

According to Maslow's hiearchy of needs, we need in order physicological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization.

Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

I think "self-actualization" would have been a fairly foreign concept to people 300 years ago.

Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

I wonder how many people satisfied their need for self-actualization 300 years ago.

Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

And here's the thing: for every single person on the planet who has lost their way, I wish the same moment of self-actualization, contentment and celebration.

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Wake up at around 2 P.M., hit the gym, chores, read various self-actualization books, siesta time, write write write, then hit the local chode bars at midnight.

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Indeed, change, improvement, true self-actualization and so forth, all require that we create a new character.

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Psychology, Joseph Campbell and archetypes, personal transformation, Abraham Maslow and self-actualization, spirituality, yoga, Stanford--we zinged through topics like kids on Christmas morning, delighting as we opened one gift after another to find a cosmic meeting of the minds.

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Anyone who has studied education or psychology knows the venerated "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs," which shows the steps towards self-actualization -- the level where students can effectively use their creativity and problem-solving skills.

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