Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory is WRONG?!

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory is WRONG?! Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a common topic in personal development and self improvement. Maslow pyramid of human needs describes Maslow’s theory on the hierarchy of human needs. Maslow theory of hierarchy was presented in 1943 in his book “A Theory of Human Motivation" regarding what motivates people and used a pyramid to demonstrate it. The human needs theory is exemplified in the human needs pyramid. The hierarchy of needs theory (or the hierarchy of needs Maslow theory) proposes that humans have an order of needs that have different levels, and you have to satisfy all the needs from the lower levels before moving to the next one. If you ever wondered “What is Maslow theory?” or “What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?”, or you want to know what’s wrong with his theory, you can find out now by watching this video on the pyramid of human needs Maslow.

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Damon Cart
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Santa Cruz, CA

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory is WRONG?!
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[DamonCart]

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[victorthurse]

Men who go off into the woods by themselves for long periods with only a hunting knife seem to defy this hierarchy at every level.

[daisukekanbe]

thank you so much man. i was studying psychology in class and i felt like there was something flawed in the model. of course, the hierarchy could be represented as an ideal way to attest human needs, but in reality, human nature and society is what really influences these needs.

[geneleedham]

In Toward a Psychology of Being, Maslow said his hierarchy had to be laid out in the form of a pyramid for simplicity's sake. He also said it was multidimensional and in fact, all of the levels are at play all of the time.

[lucasdias]

Yes, and yes again your channel it's one of the best on youtube that talk about NLP

[derekl]

Extremely helpful! As much as I've really enjoyed many of your videos I think this video has the potential to help me the most to this point. Definitely going in my favorites, thanks!

[sionefolau]

I found Maslow's theories working really well with how our lifes need growing.
Self actualization for me is when you have all the peak moments, such as a great idea pop up in your head that can create something new. The problem is its only last a short time than disappear again like a dream. Another one is your acceting life as it is, no hatred and understand how nature evolves and work with each other.
Its not explained everythings but give us ideas of how we look into where we are in that particular theory.

[rsalvaterra]

Maslow said that the needs are not rigid, so you can actually have different needs with different proportions

[petersirca]

Hi Damon, thank you very much for all the work you've put out there so we can learn from you. I have always been attracted by NLP but have only started watching your videos in last half a year. It is a slow provcess and I and am slowly building a coherent model in my head. The reason I am commenting at this stage is that this video has put a large piece of puzzle for me. CONTEXT! Of course, everything needs to be applied in a context. IOW you build from details towards generalities. I have always adhered to this principle in my day job as a software developer, but for some reason it feels like a huge revelation when thinking about meaning of life, about values about what I want. I feel so excited right now, finally I know what steps I could take. So far your messages ( and those of Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, Ramana Maharshi ..) have failed to really hit me because I was trying to grasp then overall, in general. But there is no such thing as one model encompassing everything. Or maybe there is, but is so tremendously complex that if one wants to apply it to a particular area of one's life, the only hope lies in limiting the area, and prceeding from details up. Something similar happened in mathematics last century, they had to accept that there is no overarching theory of everything (set of all sets), The only way forward (as I understood it anyways) was to limit the aspirations and develop separate theories for separate areas. Gosh this has gotten long, apologies. All in all, if there is one thing I'd recommend you to emphasize more in your videos, it would be this aspect of CONTEXT! This way the myopic people like myself would have more chance of seeing the light :) And again, many thanks for your work !

[louborlagdan]

Yes!
Love your channel. Superb content and delivery.
Thank you.

[miloskovacevic]

Hi Damon, excellent video! One thing is just not clear to me, what is the difference between needs and values? Is emotional needs same as core values?

[mickdelaney]

i do agree that the Maslow theory apparently has some "holes" in it but my interests then looks to the expansion in Graves Spiral Dynamics (see Beck and Cowen) which takes a look at the individual and the society reflecting on the various progress that is evident and paralleled in both! i find them both useful reference and understanding models. This is not to in anyway distract from the information within the video and the work of Andreas thanks Damon keep up the good work.

[ShantanuOP]

thank you so much sir for making this hierarchy-headerarchy concept crystal clear

[carodan]

As you say in your video, not so much that Maslow's model is 'wrong', than it's just way more complicated. But that's why models are useful. It's a shame so many businesses and institutions have used Maslow's model to 'enhance' their own motives without reflecting on the basis or their own systems.

I might suggest that one of the problems in many models derived directly or indirectly from modern scientific/psychological thinking is the focus on 'self' in 'self-actualisation'.

[osc]

Hi me again is there any way to write you an email because how do I stop someone from gaslighting me?

[chamaniyahhunternomore]

Wowww... Well, what I do is trust in the ETERNAL to guide me through the temporary. One thing everyone knows for a fact is, it is easy to say everything you stated from the position of "being able to say that." In other words... That's easy for you to say. However, coming from a realistic perspective, there are those who appear successful who are not right so success is based on the appearance of success. As well as there are those who appear down and out, who are right! They may not appear to be successful, but they are more apt to be content in circumstances that others would only complain about and make harder for themselves if they had to be in certain situations. Sometimes life can put us in very uncertain situations. Even flying on an air plane can render us helpless. Yet, even in those situations, there are those who will be secure with the ETERNAL. Not just hoping, but knowing they are!!! :-)


What really matters about life, should also matter about death. In life, we have needs that keep us existing in this life. Whether we struggle to get those things, or they are handed out on a silver platter, the truth in both cases is... It will all come to an end someday. The struggle as well as the ease. That is when the real deal kicks in!!!


Things unseen are more real than things seen for sure. Not only are they more real, they last much longer. Therefore, contrary to popular opinion, the goal should be to secure ETERNAL success rather than temporary success. Not that having things is wrong, but that having things does not mean there will be sure satisfaction and right preparation for the ETERNAL. Not being prepared for the ETERNAL is a little like a human infant who is raised by a pack of dogs... You will never be prepared for what is even temporary, but you may surely be ready for what is ETERNAL. Not knowing or having anything can actually make one better than knowing and having everything!!! The ETERNAL is more welcoming to such a One, than to a know it all, satisfied with temporary things one.


Just my thoughts!!!

[scotthullinger]

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs theory is CORRECT for people with a normal psychology. But it's like a straitjacket for lunatics.

[senpaikennzo]

Thank you sir🤘 i really need this for my school report

[pauloj.]

So why os the pyramid still on text books if its false ????

[berdeski]

Most people haven't studied Abraham Maslow to the depths that they understand the hierarchy fully I have been studying Abraham Maslow's hierarchy for almost a solid four years and it is not shaped like a pyramid that happened after his death that happened by Corporate America Maslow did not design a pyramid