Understanding motivation through Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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  In this article, Maslow believes that humans have the motivation to meet basic needs, and once they are met, they seek to meet the higher demands of success in a series of progressive hierarchies. It was previously thought that humans only sought physiological needs such as warmth, shelter, food, water and sex, or in other words, human "animal needs." However, Maslow believes that only physiological needs are not enough to motivate a person as a conscious individual. Maslow believes that the individual's physical and safety needs represent only the basic level of potential demand, and that individuals have the additional need to pursue their lives. This is described by Maslow as a hierarchy of requirements, also known as Maslow's hierarchy.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

The theory behind Maslow's hierarchy of needs is that there are five levels of incentives that drive demand for human behavior. Biological needs, such as the need for food and water, are at the bottom, because as far as we know, if we don't drink water, we die. However, once we have met all these biological needs, it will no longer be the driving force in our lives, and we will reach a new level of demand, which is what we are pursuing. Imagine a pyramid with five different layers. For the purposes of this article, let's refer to the underlying layer as layer #1 and the top layer of the pyramid as layer #5.

Tier 1 - Physiological needs

Physiological needs include the essential nutrients needed to support an individual's biological existence as an organism. These include the need for oxygen, food and water, eliminating body waste, sleep and body temperature. It can be said that the demand for sex is also the physiological need of this category. Physiological needs represent the basis for building a hierarchy of all other layers. At any time, when one of these physiological needs is threatened, all other needs will be irrelevant and physiological needs will be prioritized.

Tier 2 - Security Needs

The second layer of the hierarchy is the need for security. To meet this need, one needs to feel safe in life and not have to worry about life. In the days of cavemen, this usually means having a safe cave house that protects him and his family from harsh environments, as well as other predatory animals and human enemies. Safety and security needs include physical security such as violence, safe employment, financial security, health protection and family safety.

Level 3 - Love and belonging needs

Attribution requirements require that the person thinks they belong to a particular group, association, club or team, and that they are loved and expressed by the chosen person. People need to be accepted and belong to the group they are associated with. These can be working groups, family groups, clubs, religious groups or even gangs. Everyone needs to be sexually and non-sexually loved by others and is truly accepted by them. When these social needs are not met, people are likely to feel lonely and depressed.

Level 4 - [state] self-esteem needs

Respect or status needs to be respected and respected by others. In order to gain recognition and be respected by others, including us, we pursue activities, hobbies and careers that make us feel self-worth and become a way to compare ourselves. Confidence, ability and achievement are respectful of needs. Low-level self-esteem needs are reputation, respect and glory, but these depend on others to achieve, so they are considered less self-respecting, and self-esteem depends only on the individual.

Level 5 - Self-realization

Self-realization is realizing the best potential in your life. Self-realizing people have a more efficient understanding of reality. They have excellent logical reasoning skills. Self-realizing people accept themselves and the world in which they live. They can enjoy themselves without regret, shame or apology, without any unnecessary restraint. They are also spontaneous and constantly evolving. They are promoted to a higher sense of responsibility. They can also be lonely and not alone. They are responsible for themselves and have their own actions. Self-fulfilling people have a new perspective and everyone's appreciation is basically good in life. The relationship between culture or stereotypes and people does not pollute them. They can also experience the strong feeling of unlimited horizons. They can see that they are both helpless and small in the world, and stronger than any substance in the world. Self-realized people have feelings for good, evil, and ugly. For those self-fulfilling people that others can't see, the truth is clear.

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