by: Christine Zafra

Have you heard of the name Maslow? No? Well, he’s actually a pioneer of the social sciences and is known to those who took up psychology, political science or behavioral sciences as their degrees. The social scientists would probably say, “if economics got Marx’s triangle, we got Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”.

Maslow’s triangle is composed of 5 goals that a human being should attain:

1. The physiological part.
2. His/her own safety.
3. Love.
4. Self-Esteem.
5. Self-fulfillment.

It’s something transitional. The person must fulfill first number 1 before proceeding to number 2; it is therefore implied that for a person to be motivated (reach number 5), he must first accomplish the first 4.

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