Self-Actualization Needs (Level 5)

The American psychologist Abraham Maslow famously proposed in 1954 the “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” which theorized that psychological health culminated in self-actualization. Maslow saw that as being able to fulfill your potential, becoming your tru...

• SELF- ACTUALIZATION: the innate human motivation to ACHIEVE OUR POTENTIAL by using and developing our talents and abilities. Each time we experience such a sense of fulfillment is called a PEAK EXPERIENCE. 
• In order to reach Self- Actualization, we have to satisfy lower “needs” that ...

Self-actualization is the realization of one's uniquely creative, intellectual, or social potential. It is a very personal experience.

When their need for self-esteem is fulfilled, where they have accepted themselves for the good and the bad, people move on to self-actualization.