An interesting observation in Maslow's work on self-actualized people is that they tend to be less "introspective" than others. Meaning they spend less time thinking about themselves and their feelings. But they are more attuned to their inner compass when *acting on the world*.
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When we begin to gather data in an effort to figure out what truly strengthens him, we begin to see — surprise, surprise, surprise — that he was more energized and fulfilled when he was helping others, when he wasn’t worrying about being somebody, when he wasn’t striving to prove anything. And as we looked around, we could see that the opportunitie
... See moreThirty or forty million people attempting to self-actualize is staggering, if not a bit scary. And it has broad economic consequences, because for reasons that Maslow himself discovered as far back as 1962, one of the best—perhaps the best—mechanism for achieving self-actualization is work. “All human beings prefer meaningful work to meaningless wo
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