Abraham Maslow and the Psychology of Self-Actualization

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Academy of Ideas where do you get the amazing artwork you show on your videos? Great video btw

[@gypsyamerican6242]

Why was his book 12 steps to self actualization deleted?

[@berniebarclay2183]

Hi there. A question about the lovely art you use. Are you aware that there are virtually no women shown? Is this a conscious choice?

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[@MountMister]

Nice one Caleb, really glad you shared your journey with us. Please remember not to judge yourself too harshly. Learn to love yourself even when you don't meet your own standards.

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[@LibsRockU]

Good for you CC! For whatever it's worth, it seems to me that humanism in general is an effort, compassion, to help oneself become more aware & thus more peaceful & integrated.

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[@BigHeavyLove]

try exercise too. even a 10 min run in the morning can make a huge difference to mental and physical health.

[@Mazlow23]

I'd say it was when I accidentally stumbled across Maslow and his work some 4 years ago that I began on my "journey." Comparing myself now to myself then shows me how far I've come, and kinda brings me a kind of peace. Good luck, mates.

[@jerryblake1659]

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[@x15Lovex]

Just when you're bogged down by everyday mundanity AoI comes in like a breath of fresh air and rescues you once again from the depths of hell. Timely as always, I definitely needed this.

[@junonli3394]

Self actualisation is being actually what one could be potentially. It brings more frequent peak experiences and makes one more resistant to social comparison hence anxiety. However, self actualisation is hard because most tend to choose the path of easy pleasure. When we succumbed to this tendency, guilt arises. However, this guilt needs not be seen as just a sign of mental weakness, but a call from our inner desire to self actualisation.

[@joshclawson4762]

Beautifully said thank you

[@kkilljoy3588]

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Tim Kerremans same here! Such masterpieces!

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more post expressionism!

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@@edthoreum7625 I just learned a lot about art when I used to pay not attention to it, now I cant get enough of it!

[@argelovesjesz]

Tim Kerremans exactly! it doesnt confuse or distract us. it helps is understand the vwords better.

[@peshawajalal2492]

he never said he was God

[@angelolivares8754]

True happiness it's not about being perfect or famous or rich... it's about being self actualized

[@satnamo]

Pain and suffering are the nutrients for growth and improvement.

[@markofsaltburn]

satnamo I don't want it to be true but my own experience tells me otherwise.

[@southerncross5360]

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[@varnaksingh]

This is an idea nit-picked from Frued. Not from Maslow who piggy backed it or plagiarized it.

[@SlickSkuddy]

But not too much or else the mind is completely dyed with negativity

[@vishaljain9493]

Suffering is an Option. Pain is not.

[@johndavis6119]

Maslow is my hero. I’m a student of counseling and a strong proponent of Transpersonal Therapy.

[@abraxadabra4224]

"Adversity is not there to break us, it's there to make us"

[@westonpetersring]

Every word of yours is so beautifully crafted. I love every one of these lectures. Thank you for producing them.

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Your topic selection and succinct deliveries are greatly appreciated. Thankyou.

[@Isacc143]

Keep up your great work. It really helps me developing even if its a long and stony road. The words of this long dead man are resonating in me. Thank you. Greets from Germany.

[@satnamo]

Germans are so happy because they are free from freedom.

[@jimboheadspace1788]

Finally after a lifetime of struggle, pain and humiliation I see myself as self actualized, creative and loving. Now to convince those I love that I am not crazy, Just self actualized!

[@stylewithaudra5570]

Wow. This was a very insightful explanation of why self actualisation is important. I agree with this theory because it is the experience in my own life. I’m not happy unless I know I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing and improving my gifts and talents. When I answer that tearing and that cry to be better, I find myself overwhelmed sometimes but then peace comes and assured me to keep going.

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[@Bijou_248]

Boom - the soul knows the Way and Self- Actualization we must BE! ❤ This video is confirmation - thank you so much. 🙏🕊️💕💫🌹

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This, just blew my mind. I'm in awe of how accurately you have described the intricacies.

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How did I know this beautiful channel would have a video on this topic… cheers

[@orsonwelles4254]

This made me cry

[@azeemrmalik]

I knew this would come up in the comment section. Sometimes the inner self that we try to hide from our-self comes out eventually crashing and crying. It is only natural.

[@uter]

Yes, always.

[@markojelegenda]

You are the wind which is giving me a push into self actualization. May the sun shine upon you sir

[@carefulcarpenter]

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[@Zakk-zx8yh]

This is the video I needed.... now it is time to become an actualized man

[@claudejohn4822]

Social comparison is commonly found Among people of much low self esteem. Thus making themselves more depressed.

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[@astrologyfit]

Lot better than the school of life! no distracting animations. This is pure psychology and philosophy.

[@azeemrmalik]

The art-work that you have used in this Video is brilliantly put. Well-done!

[@AlexAzureOtaku]

I listened to this 3 years ago about and while I understood what was said i didn't really realise it. now in a different place in life, it seems so simple and obvious. thank you AoI for making these

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i am going through this channel since long, and what i want to say, You got your meaning, we are finding...

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One of your best videos on self improvement to this point. It is concise, articulate, and presupposes the doubts implicitly felt with improvement (which is rarely acknowledge in general) and even offers solutions to these. Great work! Thank you.

[@sarahvasquez6494]

SO WELL ORGANIZED AND WRITTEN! TY for breaking it down for us!

[@shiv9655]

Like many others...I also read Maslow in my MBA days..13 years ago. I understood him just now.

[@oliverg687]

This video had great art and was very eye-opening. I am a college student, and I would pay a substantial amount for a lecture with this content let alone a class.

[@Paradox3627505]

I REALLY needed to hear this type of information during my years as a pre-teen and teenager. It wasn't until college that I discovered these psychology concepts by roaming the aisles of the campus library, randomly looking at books. My curriculum didn't include intro to psych. The internet and videos such as this have fine tuned my understanding. Thank you Academy of Ideas.

[@andreasjames1956]

3:51 THIS. This is the key to confidence summed up perfectly

[@infinitive7654]

beautifully presented, maslow is one of my favorite existentialists. thank you AoI

[@athiefinthenight6894]

Absolutely wonderful video. I was looking for that Montaigne quote for so long.

[@ChristianDall-p2j]

Doing what you like doing for the sake of doing it.

[@shacheesingh]

"People achieve things without having achieved these. " It can be used as a standard of metric I suppose. I came across such comments in here. I think the point of this hierarchy is to achieve success in your life in a healthy way. People achieve without even having sanity. Simple eg: I have amazing cgpa in my undergrad but I still feel anxiety and depression and lack of self esteem. I compensate for the lack of reliable friendship with over achieving so that maybe someone may become my friend if they start to admire me. At the end of it, i want as stress free and peaceful life as possible to me through me...

[@Life_moreabundantly]

Your Uploads Are Mind Blowing. Thanks A Million!!

[@Ballinout30]

Those of you know just the simple fact that there is something called self actualization are lucky. I'm pretty sure that you see people everyday and everywhere that are oblivious about such stuff and most live an unsatisfied life and never even begin to attempt reaching their full potential. Stay blessed and keep self actualizing.

[@davidbecquer3624]

I was watching a video of Jordan Peterson talking about the great existentialists. And then I saw the notification for this video. Perfect timing.

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How can someone dislike your videos ? Great work brother , your videos have helped me lots in finding myself

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[@Soulhealingenergy]

This is sooo perfect! I just did a group as a counselor on Maslow's self actualization mixed in with Yalom' curative factors of group therapy... thank you!

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Excellent work, keep it up, one of the best channels I have seen in KZbin.

[@gaimz1855]

I've been conflicted about my self-actualization for many years now. Thanks for uploading!

[@mariemac5347]

Thank you sprouts! This helped me with my assignment

[@timmccarty8111]

these wonderful videos indicate an achieved self actualization.

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the content you publish is incredible. i wonder how much material you’ve read to construct such a coherent narration. impressive

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[@selfactualizer2099]

if you searched something to find this video you are following the right path to fulfillment. Growing up as an orphan around sad people. I have watched the average person choose a life of comfort, hanging out with friends, cheap easy food, not really focusing on improving themselves. all of these people just have health issues from never being active or playing any sports. they're all full of regrets. they all talk about how they wish they did things differently. how many people have told you "i wish i was better in school" or "i wish i stayed active when i was younger"

[@alexthekid1759]

I hope this video can help people everywhere. It is sad that most people are delusional and live in an illusion.

[@thugyow4818]

Bro, this is gold. This helps a lot for me

[@charliechan9095]

Abraham Maslow took the ideas of Sir John Woodroffe's works on Tantra especially the Garland of Letters an reinterpretated as per socio psychology. Sir John Woodroffe practiced and published his works in the UK about a decade earlier, a bit more info for the young seeker.

[@jordanhawes5210]

This video eloquently verbalizes something I've been slowly experiencing more and more over the past 5 years or so. When I was younger, (ages 13-22 or so) I would constantly be thinking about, playing, and writing my own music. I was never worried about what others thought of my music, I was just excited to get my own ideas out there. My only frustration was when what I had composed and recorded didn't sound like I had imagined it would, but rather than discourage me, it just gave me a stronger desire to chase that goal of more accurately conveying to the physical world the music i had in my heart and mind. But overall, I was happy. I was honestly so happy. The only difficult times were when people I admired didn't really like the music I made like I had thought they would.. that was when the issues began to fester in my mind and heart. As I got older, (I'm now 27) more and more I would find myself comparing myself to other friends who seemed to be much more talented than me, more motivated than me, solidifying the idea in my mind that I wasn't a legitimate musician.. this would lead me to hanging on every word of feedback/criticism from friends and family that I would show my music to. It eventually got to the point where if they didn't like it, in my mind it wasn't "good". To be more accurate, it didn't even constitute legitimate music in my mind. To this day, I have a hard time making a song and watching my wife listen to it, because I have such a morbid fear of rejection. Although I've gotten better at trying to focus on my own vision over the past year, I still feel this crushing weight of imposter syndrome, like i'll never be good enough (or good again, worrying if I had peaked when i was young). But now after watching this video, I realize that was only half of it! Now I see why I feel such self hatred.. it's a viscous cycle that has started and become firmly rooted in my mind without knowing it: record a song, eventually find someone who doesn't like it (because that's inevitable), let that take the wind out of my sails to the point of inactivity, then the self hatred sinks in because of the ever accumulating "latent potential". It's even gotten to the point where I grow resentful of friends now who are able to make music on a consistent basis.. and as the video says, it makes me feel like I'm going crazy. I can't express enough how grateful I am for seeing this... I've been desperately trying to figure out what it is that is causing this constant self loathing.. the moment I watched it suddenly clicked. I hope this can help other creative/former creatives out there rekindle their love for their craft.

[@PhoxHole117]

your vids are amazing. i wish more people would watch stuff like this.

[@7Earthsky]

That quote from Maslow at the end can be compared to the end of another quote by Marcus Aurelius which reads ''.......what stands in the way becomes the way''.

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This channel is better than average parenting

[@cheeseybeaver]

This has come at just the right time. Thank you

[@walkertongdee]

Maslo Hierarchy of Needs is just that. At the base level working way up to Self-Actualization. But forgets to include higher aspirations of enlightenment.

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Love your channel man please don't stop

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Your videos have expanded my library. Thank you for this amazing content

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Personal exhibition isn't really my thing, so I'd make a poor bodybuilder, haha. Thanks though. I think I do have google+ but rarely use it.

[@im3phirebird81]

Though the first part talking about that status and basic needs being met is a must for self-actualization is somewhat contradictory to the second part it is a great presentation.

[@jesseb2200]

that ending statement was pretty epic.

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If i ever become something big in my life,i will owe it you.... And i promise to remember you till then, i will let you know when that happens.i may write a letter or whatever the common communication medium available to me. I hardly give deep gratitude towards anybody but i give it to you. I am thankful,i am hopeful.

[@gl8715]

Big fan of Maslow! Happy to see this vid

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That is gold man Pure gold .

[@ryfree]

Another homerun with this one. Excellent work as always.

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Thank you. I needed this.

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Terrific video, my friend. Reflects my experience perfectly.

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[@academyofideas]

We're on Google play and iTunes. I'll look into uploading to Spotify. You can also listen to only the audio of all our videos on academyofideas.com

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Brilliant. Always appreciate your effort with these videos.

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Great work! Your channel has helped so much. Thank you, truly.

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Another great videos. Dont ever stop.

[@azeemrmalik]

In simple words, Become what you were born to be!

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Thanks so much for this amazing topic, keep up the good work guys! Cheers! xx

[@hayinka7691]

The poor attention given to this channel speeks volumes the problem with humanity.

[@sosensualandfree]

Made In China Right?

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Snarky Snark I think SO.

[@golden1324]

>speeks

[@vovinko1]

Finally new video. Thank you!

[@nugley]

Liked, shared and subscribed. Probably worth pointing out that opportunities for self-actualization arise in the usual turmoil of life and might not require much more than the freedom to choose our own burden.

[@gypsyamerican6242]

Abraham Maslow wrote a book called The 12 Steps of Self Actualization t was published and available for public consumption from 1970 and then in the 90s it was deleted from human history somehow. What I want to know is why.

[@lizz9896]

Gypsy American it was probably because the steps involved leaving this capitalistic society as America wouldn’t necessarily allow you to actualize due it’s incredible demand of work and skill in still leaving you in basical poverty

[@infinitive7654]

Capitalism is what gave birth to the most bountiful empires since Rome. Because of capitalism, there is richness everywhere! Have some gratitude..

[@infinitive7654]

ogogo ogpgpg i'm not nietzsche, i'm his moustache

[@infinitive7654]

ogogo ogpgpg freidrich had his suspicions, yes

[@lizz9896]

friedrich nietzsche's moustache Everything has their pros and cons, capitalism just happens to have more cons. Also what I said still stands, it is difficult to become a self actualized person in a capitalist society as capitalism does make the nation rich but makes their people obedient, worthless, drained, and compliant, un creative people who no longer have time for themselves.

[@dimamina1976]

The video is perfectly done...thnks a lot 🙏

[@michaelnurse9089]

Viktor Frankl showed, after being in a WW2 concentration camp, that self actualization can be achieved when the lower levels like food and security are missing. Of course, this seems to be limited to individuals who are already somewhat advanced with this process, and not to everyone universally.

[@gratiae5334]

Life changing... honestly!

[@coleymoke6709]

An excellent summary.

[@mohammadmomani2330]

Finally ! احبكم ❤

[@ballerpete]

love your vids man! thank you for making these amazing !

[@123userthatsme]

How does this contrast or complement the idea that desire is the root of all suffering? Doesn't self-actualization require a certain level of drive to get outside your comfort zone and grow, is that not desire?

[@nikolaybelorusov5522]

Yeah finally back!

[@allahcc666]

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I am supposed to have reached the pinnacle, but I didn't feel a dramatic change as I clambered up the pyramid. How will I know if I self-actualized? Should I keep on cramming and hoarding until I no longer think of such a low-level question, or am I missing the point?

[@tamrielsknight]

Love the paintings !!

[@piglo318]

This video is it. This is it. Hey this video is most definitely it.