Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs

This is usually represented as a triangle with Higher Needs at the top and physical needs at the bottom. . I have re-organised it as in my beleif central to all of us is self esteem.

Mazlow bases his theory on the concept that unless our basic needs are satisfied we cannot attain the higher ones.

So we need to have our physical needs satisfied (food, shelter and the like) before we can look to safetly needs - then we satisfy our need is to belong to the group. Our need for self esteem comes before our higher needs of achieving our potential, the acquisition of knowledge and our highest need - what Mazlow calls 'self actualization'