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Motivation: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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Motivation: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Understanding Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can be highly crucial in both personal

and professional settings. It offers a structure for recognizing human inspiration and needs.

Maslow’s model, encompassing physical needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem

needs, and self-actualization, offers structured approach to classifying what drives people.

In personal settings, understanding these needs is fundamental because it improves

self-awareness and personal development. For example, recognizing that achieving self-

actualization demands fulfilling lower-level needs first can help people emphasize on their

goals and safety (Carducci, 2020). In professional settings, especially in inspiring workers,

Maslow’s model can direct management approaches. Employers can generate a supportive

work setting by ensuring that basic needs, including fair wages and job security are met.

Building a sense of belonging through team-building events and supporting a culture of

reverence and understanding addresses worker’s social and esteem needs. Moreover,

providing prospects for personal and professional growth can help workers reach self-

actualization, resulting to higher job gratification and productivity.

Today, the application of Maslow’s theory is rampant in different fields. For instance,

in marketing, organizations design products and campaigns that appeal to different levels of

the hierarchy (Humanistic Psychology, 2015). This includes health and fitness products

addressing physiological needs or luxury brands tailored on esteem needs. In education,

comprehending learner’s needs can enhance engagement and learning results by developing a

safe and inclusive settings and identifying successes, which relates to safety and belonging

and esteem respectively.

Concerning the efficacy of motivation, both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation has

their advantages. For instance, extrinsic motivation, inspired by external rewards, such as
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praise or bonuses, can be very operative for projects demanding clear, short-term goals

(Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, n.d.). However, intrinsic drive, driven by personal interest and

internal fulfilment, tends to preserve lasting engagement and originality. In my opinion,

intrinsic motivation often works better, as it nurtures a deeper connection to the tasks and

result to continued effort and satisfaction. Though, the perfect method might rely on the

setting and personal preferences, and a combination of both types of inspiration is often most

effective.

In conclusion, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs offers a comprehensive framework for

comprehending and addressing human inspiration, related in several modern-day settings.

Balancing extrinsic and extrinsic inspiration tailored to personal and situational desires can

enhance performance and gratification in both personal and professional scopes.


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References

Carducci, B. J. (2020). Abraham H. Maslow. The Wiley encyclopedia of personality and

individual differences: Models and theories, 79-82.

Humanistic Psychology. (2015). In Humanist Theories of Education. SAGE Publications.

Retrieved from https://sk.sagepub.com/video/humanist-theories-of-education?seq=2

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. (n.d.). In Humanist Theories of Education. SAGE

Publications. Retrieved from https://sk.sagepub.com/video/humanist-theories-of-

education?seq=3

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