self actualising (partial DRAFT)

I once wrote a definition of this term for a book that I am now going to include in another project, and it is as good a starting point as any:

Maslow and Chiang’s " The Healthy Personality: Readings" covers many things related to the human psyche, including the concept of levels of needs. These are set out as physical, social, self-esteem and self-actualising. The idea is that people generally seek to fulfil the first level of needs, then move on to the next. So, people seek to fulfil their needs for food, water and shelter, and then move on to seeking to fulfil their social needs (friendships, romantic relationships, etc.); and so on. The top level is “self-actualising”. At this level, one doesn’t need to rely on others for approval. One acts out of consideration for oneself and others, with no need to have the approval of others.

According to the Wikipedia link, this is the level of "seeking to be all that one can be" (with some paraphrasing to make the definition less sexist).

As of the time this definition was written, I’ve touched on this idea in the following posts:

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