Self-actualization

Self-actualization (from Lat. Actualis - real, true) - the desire of man to the fullest possible to identify and develop their personal capabilities.

Abraham Maslow said, "self-actualizing people, without exception, are involved in some business, into something which is outside them. They are committed to this business, it is something very valuable to them - a kind of vocation, in the old sense of the word preaching. They are doing something that is their vocation and destiny that they like so that they are no longer split "work - joy." One dedicates his life to the law, the other - justice, someone else - beauty or truth ... I think about samoaktualiziruemom man not as an ordinary person who add something, but rather as an ordinary man who has nothing can be taken away . »

We list the eight basic conditions of self-actualization (Maslow on):
1. Self-actualization means complete, and selfless living experience of life with full concentration and immersion in it.

2. It is necessary to imagine life as a process of continuous choice. In every moment there is a choice: to promote or retreat. Self-actualization is a continuous process, it means nemalokratnye separate elections: to lie or be honest, steal or not to steal. Self-actualization is a constant choice of these opportunities for growth opportunities.

3. The word implies that can be updated. People always have something at least some rod structure. Has its own, and you need to provide this opportunity to appear.

4. When you are in doubt about something, try to be honest, does not protect sentence :. Refer to himself, requiring an exact answer, is the means to take responsibility. This in itself is a huge step toward self-actualization.

5. So far we have talked about the experience without criticism, preference selection growing selection fear of honesty and acceptance of responsibility. These are steps toward self-actualization, and all of them provide a better life choices. The man who makes these small actions in every situation of choice, will find that they help to better choose what suits him. But man can not make good choices in life, until he begins to listen to himself. In order to express an honest opinion, the person must be a nonconformist.

6. Self-actualization is not only the final state, but also the process of updating its features. Self-actualization is the realization of their potential abilities.

7. supreme experience is moments of self-actualization. This is a moment of ecstasy, which can not be guaranteed. But the conditions for a more likely occurrence of such experiences can create. Rejection of illusions, getting rid of misconceptions about yourself, understanding what you are unfit, as is a part of the disclosure itself, what you are actually.

8. Find yourself, discover what you are, what for you is good and what is bad, what is the purpose of your life - all this requires exposure of their own psychopathology. To do this, identify their protection and then find the courage to overcome them. It is painful, as protection directed against something unpleasant. But the refusal of protection is worth it.