What a man can be, he must be.
This need we call self-actualizatin.
Boys will be boys
as long as there are no gilrs in the picture.
Self Acutalization chart
Self Actualization - Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
Esteem - self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others,
Love/Belonging - friendship, family, sexual intimacy
Safety - security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, of property
Physiological - breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion
Flow as a "Peak Experience"
Achieving unique inner potential
Being Values
Wholeness, perfection,
completion, justice,
aliveness, richness
simplicity, beauty
goodness, uniqueness
truth, self-sufficiency
effortlessness, playfulness
To make a growth choice instead of the fear choice
a dozen times a day is to more a dozen times a day
towards self-actualisation.
A musician must make music,
an artist must paint,
an poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
What a man can be, he must be.
This weed we call self-actualization….
It refers to man’s desire for self-fulfillment,
namely to the tendency for him to become actually
in what he is potentially:
to become everything one is capable of becoming.
It isn't normal to know what we want.
It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
The ability to be in the present moment
is a major component of mental wellness.
If you plan on being anything less than
you are capable of being,
you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean
and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away,
I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
'I suppose it is tempting,
if the only tool you have is a hammer,
to treat everything as if it were a nail.
In any given moment we have two options:
to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
If you deliberately plan on being less than
you are capable of being,
then I warn you that you'll be unhappy
for the rest of your life.
Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
One can choose to go back
toward safety or forward toward growth.
Growth must be chosen again and again;
fear must be overcome again and again.
We fear to know
the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves,
but we fear even more to know
the godlike in ourselves.
Man is a perpetually wanting animal.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities.
One's only failure is failing to live up
to one's own possibilities.
In this sense, every man can be a king,
and must therefore be treated like a king.
Self-actualized people...
live more in the real world of nature than
in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions,
expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that
most people confuse with the world.
16 Distinguishing Characteristics of Self-Actualizing people
from the writings of Abraham Maslow
1. They are realistically oriented.
2. They accept themselves, other people, and the natural world for what they are.
3. They have a great deal of spontaneity.
4. They are problem-centered rather than self-centered.
5. They have an air of detachment and a need for privacy.
6. They are autonomous and independent.
7. Their appreciation of people and things is fresh rather than stereotyped.
8. Most of them have had profound mystical or spiritual experiences, although not necessarily religious in character.
9. They identify with mankind.
10. Their intimate relationships with a few specially loved people tend to be profound and deeply emotional rather than superficial.
11. Their values and attitudes are democratic.
12. They do not confuse means with ends.
13. Their sense of humor is philosophical rather than hostile.
14. They have a great fund of creativeness.
15. They resist conformity to the culture.
16. They transcend the environment rather than just coping with it.
Peak Experiences
According to Abraham Maslow, powerful meaningful experiences in which people seem to transcend the self, be at one with the world,
and feel completely self-fulfilled;
A musician must make music,
an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
This need we call self-actualizatin.
Boys will be boys
as long as there are no gilrs in the picture.
Self Acutalization chart
Self Actualization - Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
Esteem - self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others,
Love/Belonging - friendship, family, sexual intimacy
Safety - security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, of property
Physiological - breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion
Flow as a "Peak Experience"
Achieving unique inner potential
Being Values
Wholeness, perfection,
completion, justice,
aliveness, richness
simplicity, beauty
goodness, uniqueness
truth, self-sufficiency
effortlessness, playfulness
To make a growth choice instead of the fear choice
a dozen times a day is to more a dozen times a day
towards self-actualisation.
A musician must make music,
an artist must paint,
an poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
What a man can be, he must be.
This weed we call self-actualization….
It refers to man’s desire for self-fulfillment,
namely to the tendency for him to become actually
in what he is potentially:
to become everything one is capable of becoming.
It isn't normal to know what we want.
It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
The ability to be in the present moment
is a major component of mental wellness.
If you plan on being anything less than
you are capable of being,
you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean
and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away,
I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
'I suppose it is tempting,
if the only tool you have is a hammer,
to treat everything as if it were a nail.
In any given moment we have two options:
to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
If you deliberately plan on being less than
you are capable of being,
then I warn you that you'll be unhappy
for the rest of your life.
Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
One can choose to go back
toward safety or forward toward growth.
Growth must be chosen again and again;
fear must be overcome again and again.
We fear to know
the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves,
but we fear even more to know
the godlike in ourselves.
Man is a perpetually wanting animal.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities.
One's only failure is failing to live up
to one's own possibilities.
In this sense, every man can be a king,
and must therefore be treated like a king.
Self-actualized people...
live more in the real world of nature than
in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions,
expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that
most people confuse with the world.
16 Distinguishing Characteristics of Self-Actualizing people
from the writings of Abraham Maslow
1. They are realistically oriented.
2. They accept themselves, other people, and the natural world for what they are.
3. They have a great deal of spontaneity.
4. They are problem-centered rather than self-centered.
5. They have an air of detachment and a need for privacy.
6. They are autonomous and independent.
7. Their appreciation of people and things is fresh rather than stereotyped.
8. Most of them have had profound mystical or spiritual experiences, although not necessarily religious in character.
9. They identify with mankind.
10. Their intimate relationships with a few specially loved people tend to be profound and deeply emotional rather than superficial.
11. Their values and attitudes are democratic.
12. They do not confuse means with ends.
13. Their sense of humor is philosophical rather than hostile.
14. They have a great fund of creativeness.
15. They resist conformity to the culture.
16. They transcend the environment rather than just coping with it.
Peak Experiences
According to Abraham Maslow, powerful meaningful experiences in which people seem to transcend the self, be at one with the world,
and feel completely self-fulfilled;
A musician must make music,
an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
