Maslow and Why I Blog

Abraham Maslow was a psychologist who postulated that human beings have a hierarchy of needs that sort of define why they do the things they do:
     1. Physiological Needs
     2. Safety needs.
     3. Love needs.
     4. Esteem needs.
     5. Self-actualization needs.

Michael Lopez, writing in Highered Intelligence, reminded me of Maslow's Hierarchy, as it was sort of beaten into me by the Navy and re-enforced in my Master's program. The Navy is big into organizational theory and motivation and lay great store in Maslow. All of this got me to thinking about why I blog. I sure don't do it consistantly enough (a source of great frustration to me) to build any kind of a steady audience, and even when I was blogging every day—which I kept up for a couple of months—I don't know if anyone ever read the thing. So why do it? Well, it seems that it is part of my self-actualization needs. So welcome to Ray Trygstad's Self-Actualization Fellowship. Buckle your seat belt; it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Posted by trygstad | Category: Personal | 02:53 PM