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SELF-ACTUALIZATION: What Can I Do to Create Satisfaction in My Life?
Maslow's 5 Levels of Human Needs: (The theory states that one cannot move on to the next level without having filled those needs in the levels before it.)
As you read these, write one or two sentences about how each of these needs can be met in your home and/or work life.
1. Psychological Needs - These are the basic needs such as air, water, food, sleep, and reproduction.
2. Safety Needs - These are also basic and include shelter from the elements, protection from harm, pain removal and prevention.
3. Love and Belongingness Needs - These include the need to feel loved and wanted and has both physical and psychological components.
4. Self Esteem Needs - The need to feel useful and appreciated for your contributions, the need to feel respect and admiration, the need to be recognized.
5. Self Actualization Needs - The need to feel fulfilled and be satisfied with one's work and private life, the need to seek and gain knowledge, the need to achieve peace and harmony with others, the need to be in control of your destiny, and not a victim of circumstances, and the need to have and live by high ethics and morals.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION – PART TWO
List three needs from the discussion that can be met at home or away from work. Then list three that can be met at work. After each one, write one or two sentences about some action you can take to help get these needs met. Be realistic and try to think about them in terms of a job you feel would be satisfying to you.
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