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Meet Maslow: How Understanding the Priorities of Those Around Us Can Lead To Harmony And Improvement

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Everyone has needs! But how many of us actually know what those needs are? Sure, we can point out the basic ones, eating, breathing and sleeping, but what other types of needs are there? Well, with the help of our good friend Abraham Maslow, we’re going to be talking all about needs! Meet Maslow is all about learning what he referred to as the Hierarchy of Needs, a pyramid designed to teach us what every human really needs in order to excel! The entire purpose of man isn’t just to live, but rather it is to live well, but we can’t live well without having our needs met! It’s problematic, however, when we barely have a grasp of what those needs actually entail! With Meet Maslow, you are going to be getting a no-nonsense guidebook to each step of the pyramid, learning about each need so that you can get closer to becoming a self-actualized member of society! It’s time to put away the pop psychology books and the fad self-help trends and turn to the wisdom of a man who more or less invented the way we perceive all needs. With his guidance, this book’s information and a little bit of hard work, you will find that you can begin to live life as a higher functioning individual in no time!

116 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 19, 2017

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Author 13 books81 followers
April 29, 2020
#8 2020

Buku ke-8 tahun 2020, sasaran dua buah buku setiap bulan masih dalam landasan yang baik.

Buku ke-4 dalam masa PKP.

(Entah kenapa, bila baca Maslow teringatkan Masdo penyanyi tu walaupun tak ada kena mengena)

Buku ini milik abang. Terjumpa di rak dan merasakan menarik sebab ringkas (sekitar 110 muka surat sahaja). Sekali membaca, ayatnya mudah (tidak sesukar membaca kertas jurnal tentunya). Saya kira ayat dimudahkan sebegitu untuk bacaan umum. Saiz font juga agak besar. Saya mengharapkan lebih banyak buku ringkas, mudah sebegini dalam menjelaskan falsafah / teori / konsep yang menarik, seperti piramid Maslow ini. Antara buku pendek lain seumpama ini yang pernah saya baca ialah Who Moved My Cheese. Kekurangan buku sebegini adalah ulasan agak bersifat surface, sesuai untuk mereka yang ingin mengetahui sesuatu secara asas dan bukanlah analisis mendalam yang memeningkan. Saya jatuh dalam kategori pembaca yang sebegini. Kalau nak terperinci, tentunya lebih baik saya mencari kertas jurnal.

Baiklah, mengenai buku ini.

Buku ini mengetengahkan idea piramid Maslow bermula dengan keperluan paling bawah iaitu physiological, diikuti safety, love/relationship, self esteem dan akhirnya menuju ke fasa self-actualization. Kesemua tahap keperluan ini adalah mustahak bagi memastikan seseorang mampu mencapai self actualization. Buku ini dibahagikan mengikut keperluan jadi pembaca akan menikmati tulisan ini secara kronologi. Sangat straightforward.

Self actualization ini merupakan keadaan di mana seseorang berada pada tahap tertinggi dalam semua perkara - antara cirinya adalah mempunyai keyakinan tinggi, tidak bergantung kepada orang sekeliling, mampu berdikari, tidak terkesan dengan kritikan orang lain dan sebagainya. Apabila berada pada tahap ini, psikologi seseorang itu berada pada keadaan 'sangat bersedia' untuk terus maju.

Bagi mencapai tahap ini, keperluan-keperluan di bahagian piramid di bawah diperlu dicapai terlebih dahulu. Contohnya dalam aspek safety, seseorang perlu merasa dirinya selamat dari semua segi (kewangan, fizikal dll). Dari aspek love, perlu rasa disayangi dan mempunyai sokongan moral.

Di akhir buku, terdapat senarai semak untuk pembaca mengenal pasti sama ada mereka sudah mencapai tahap self actualization.
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636 reviews
June 15, 2021
To look inside?

We each must take a look inside ourselves and find who we really are and or who we want to be. This book can lead on a journey to self awareness in understanding ourselves. It's a fast read, broken down in easy to interpret basic knowledge. It puts you in the without and preaching, but allows you to gain information that is helpful to us all. A great read for anyone seeking data on human nature and emotional needs.
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2 reviews
August 29, 2018
Excellent approach on Maslow’s theories

Great pragmatic approach to understand Maslow’s knowledge.
It helps to focus on what is missing on our own life and to understand the impacts.
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January 17, 2022
Very quick and easy to read book. For anyone looking for an introduction to Maslow's hierarchy of needs it serves the purpose of breaking down each level of the pyramid and providing real life examples of how to improve.
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March 29, 2020
Ok

Very short read, less about Maslow’s pyramid and more advice on how to achieve self-actualization.
To fluffy in my opinion but the reader tried to give simple advice.
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April 12, 2022
Great read!

This is an amazing book! The words flow off the paper and give you ,the reader, the opportunity to reflect on them.
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October 3, 2024
Nice and short intro to Maslow's ideas, but read Maslow's original works if you really want to go deeper.
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