We humans are a needy bunch! We are born needy and we die needy. As a species, our life is conditional and the conditions of life, both to just survive and get by and to thrive and reach the peak of what’s possible– puts within us drives and impulses urging us to move and to [...]
How real are you? Are you your real self? How much do you live your life to express your authentic self with your highest possibilities and actualizing your best potentials? That’s what the self-actualizing life is all about— creating and living the best version of you so that you can contribute and make a difference. You [...]
I began thinking about vitality after presenting the Unleashing Leadership training last year in South Africa. It began with a question from Tim Goodenough and then that question led Time and myself to create the Self-Actualization Assessment Scale. What question does that scale answer? The question that Tim posed:
“How do you actually use the hierarchy of needs to [...]
How is your vitality level?
If you were to gauge your everyday vitality— your energy, passion, commitment, and excitement— where would you put it (0 to 10)?
Do you experience your vitality as a resource or as an objective?
The other day I got into a conversation with a guy at Starbuck’s Coffee Shop when I was back [...]
“Why all the focus on self-actualization?” That was the question that a caller asked me last week.
“I see that the focus of Neuro-Semantics is now almost entirely about self-actualization. And yes, I have read the articles on the ‘Secret History of NLP’ going back to Maslow and the Human Potential movement, but I still don’t [...]
