The path to self -actualization. How to extend the boundaries of your capabilities. Kaufman S.

The founder of humanistic psychology, Abraham Maslow is widely known thanks to the concept of self -actualization, the path to which lies through the satisfaction of such basic needs of a person as food and safety. However, the “pyramid of needs”, which is often recalled in connection with the name of the great psychologist, is a simplified and incomplete model of his idea of ​​the hierarchy of needs. The famous American cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman carefully studied the late notes and unpublished texts of Maslow and with their help supplemented the theory of classic, who at the end of life wrote a lot and talked about “higher needs”-love, friendship, sense of dignity, self-esteem, individuality. The updated hierarchy is called to serve the reader as the basis for understanding the nature of man and his actions, and the checklists and practical tasks supplementing the book will help you comprehend your own behaviors and confidently move along the path of development of the individual to self-actualization.