Chapter 3_Resonance 2

Maslow's hierarchy of needs include food, shelter, belonging, and self-esteem (salary, rank, status, opportunities, and responsibilities) (Chap.3). These needs must be satisfied before a person can move toward their full human potential, or self-actualization. I agree that self-actualization sustains and motivates a person to continue to strive. This concept explains the making of U.S. presidents, CEO's, and philanthropists. I believe that after a person is comfortable and wealthy, the ultimate self-actualization is to be the best that he/she can be (i.e. fulfilling a dream to be president/CEO or giving back to the community). This concept of hierarchy of needs (a form of organization) is meaningful to me because it states the obvious, and at the same time it reconfirms why I feel sometimes I can't seem to self-actualize. For example, when I don't feel I belong, rank and status does not matter because I have lost my self-esteem, then I cannot eat, and I feel like a vagabond. It takes me days or weeks to build myself back-up to the tip of the pyramid.