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and appreciated by other people, and Esteem Needs are about being loved and appreciated by yourself.
Self-Actualization Needs
e highest needs in Maslow’s pyramid are the Self- Actualization Needs. ese are the things you do to ful ll your potential as an individual.
Need Bank Accounts
In my book, e Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life (Serendipity Press, 2004), I introduced a more
Love Needs and Esteem Needs only di er in the source of the love and appreciation, I combined them in a single category: Validation Needs.
Each of your need bank accounts has a minimum required balance, and you are responsible for maintaining that balance at all times. When you maintain the balance in a need bank account, you experience that need as being met. Although you’re motivated to maintain the minimum balance in all of your need bank accounts, you always focus on meeting your lower needs rst.
What this model shows that Maslow’s pyramid doesn’t
dynamic model to understand our needs. Rather than
is that each of your need bank accounts is independent of
MASTER NEED ACCOUNTS
working with Maslow’s pyramid, I suggest a series of the others. If the balance in your Safety Needs Account
four need bank accounts. Since Belongingness and
is below the minimum level, you can still receive
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Physiological Safety Needs Needs
Validation Self-Actualization Needs Needs
Figure 2: Need Bank Accounts
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