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Feb 8, 2023 · Jun 24, 2022 01:19PM. Abraham Maslow — ‘You will either step forward into growth, or you will step back into safety.’.
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1940s-1960s
1. It is too often not realized that culture itself is an adaptive tool, one of whose main functions is to make the physiological emergencies come less and less often. 1.1. A Theory of Human Motivation(1943) 1. Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be... In fact it can be said that the possibilities of human nature have customarily been sold short. 1.1. Maslow (1954), as cited in: Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Michael G. Walraven (1987). Psychology. p. 119; Also in: Maslow, Towa...
Motivation and Personality
1. For our chronically and extremely hungry man, Utopia can be defined simply as a place where there is plenty of food. He tends to think that, if only he is guaranteed food for the rest of his life, he will be perfectly happy and will never want anything more. Life itself tends to be defined in terms of eating. Freedom, love, community feeling, respect, philosophy, may all be waved aside as fripperies that are useless since they fail to fill the stomach. Such a man may fairly be said to live...
1970s and later
1. Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose. 1.1. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature(1971). 1. What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. 1.1. As quoted in Life In the Open Sea(1972) by William M. Stephens, p. 21. 1. And I may add that it taught me something about the limitations of the small . . . orthodox scientist wh...
Psychologist Abraham Maslow described an innate human drive beyond basic survival and emotional needs — a hunger for meaning and transcendence. This concept of "self-actualization" rapidly gained a...
Abraham Maslow profile in Personality Theories(1998) by C. George Boheree"Maslow's Vision of Human Nature" adapted from the Editor's Introduction to Toward a Psychology of Being(3rd ed.)Excerpts from Toward a Psychology of Being, 2nd ed.A Theory of Human Motivation(1943)Abraham Maslow's insightful quote, "You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety," encapsulates the inherent dichotomy we encounter in life. Maslow, a renowned psychologist, highlights the decision we face when presented with opportunities for personal and professional development.
- “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” – Abraham Maslow.
- “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” – Abraham Maslow.
- “The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.” – Abraham Maslow.
- “What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” – Abraham Maslow.
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. — Abraham Maslow. 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. — Abraham H. Maslow. In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step ...
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” ― Abraham Maslow
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil. I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
