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Self-actualisation

Esteem
Social
Safety
Physiological Growth
Self-respect
Belonging
Accomplish-
Achievement ment
Acceptance
Hunger Security
Status Personal
Social life
Thirst Protection development
from Friendship Recognition
Sleep danger and love

Figure 4.2 The hierarchy of needs

■ Esteem – these needs fall into two closely related categories:
self-esteem and the esteem of others. The first includes our
need to respect ourselves, to feel personal worth, adequacy
and competence. The second embraces our need for
respect, praise, recognition and status in the eyes of others.

■ Self-actualisation – the need to achieve as much as possible
and to develop one’s gifts or potential to the full.

Maslow makes two interesting points. First, if one of our
stronger needs is threatened, we jump down the steps of the
hierarchy to defend it. You do not worry about status (see
‘esteem’), for example, if you are starving (see ‘physiological’).
Therefore if you appear to threaten people’s security by your