Hey, this is Leo, for actualized.org.

And in this episode, I'm talking about Maslow's hierarchy of needs

and how to use it to self actualize.

In this episode I'm going to explain a bit about Maslow's hierarchy of needs,

but more importantly I'm going to tie it in with something that I see as being a really pervasive, ubiquitous problem in society and not only in society but really probably in your life.

So the problem is that society is stunted.

I don't know if you've noticed this, but our society is stunted.

People are stuck low on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and you can

think of this hierarchy like a pyramid or a staircase that people ascend as they mature in life and as they develop themselves psychologically and that really your job in life is to

ascend to the top of this pyramid as quickly as possible. But before I start

talking about all that let's just introduce the pyramid.

So here you go. On the screen you should see the pyramid.

So in this pyramid let me just go through and talk about the different run sixth one which I'll briefly mention towards the end.

So the first rung is physiological. Physiological means that you have

physiological needs. You need air, you need food, you need water, you need sex, you need excretion.

These are basic biological functions that are necessary for you to even stay alive for more than a few days.

If you don't get these things for more than a few days or a few weeks, then you will die.

So that's the very basic stuff. Pretty obvious.

Once you've got those satisfied, then what happens is that the human organism now has a new set of needs that

open up to it, the second tier or the second rung, and these are a safety needs. So these include physical safety like a

shelter. These also include stuff like employment, having resources in order to sustain yourself and being able to secure and protect your own property.

Also pretty obvious stuff we would think that this is necessary for our happiness in life.

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