April 25, 2007
- Beat the Survival Game To Achieve Self Actualization
I don't know about you, but I spent a lot of years struggling to
find a way to make time for self actualization. It always seemed
like survival issues got in the way and stole all the energy I needed
to achieve my higher needs and goals. I call this syndrome…
Maslow's hierarchy Blues
There were other symptoms too. My relationships suffered because
of stress and low energy. I could barely even find time to
learn or study let alone contemplate or meditate. Possibly it was
made a little more difficult by the fact that I had 6 children and
because of that my wife couldn't work much. I also never went to
college before starting a family. With all this working against me
how could I achieve self actualization? (…)
