Motivation and Personality
by Abraham H. Maslow
The 1954 text that introduced the hierarchy of needs and the study of self-actualising people. Academic, foundational and more nuanced than the pyramid diagram suggests.
Read it if…
you want to read what Maslow actually wrote about the hierarchy.
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Skip it if…
you want a summary.
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Three things you will actually use
- The hierarchy is fluid, not a ladder.
- Self-actualisers share traits: acceptance, autonomy, purpose.
- Study exemplars.
Do this first
Read chapter four on the hierarchy and chapter eleven on self-actualising people.
Our verdict
The hierarchy, as written.
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