interesting read in one of my books
I'm currently reading "Becoming a Master Student" for one of my classes and I came across Maslow's qualities of a self-actualizing person.Here's a typed word for word excerpt:
"Abraham Maslow was a psychologist who worked on a theory of psychological health rather than sickness. Maslow studies people whom he called, "self-actualizing" which means, in part, healthy and creative. He listed traits he found in self-actualizing people (ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Albert Einstein). These characteristics also describe the master student.
The self-actualizing person:
-is reality oriented.
-is accepting of herself and others.
-is spontaneous.
-is problem-centered rather than self-centered.
-is detached and needing privacy.
-is independent.
-has fresh, rather than stereotyped, appreciation of people.
-has had a mystical or spiritual experience.
-identifies with the human race as a whole.
-has a few deep, intimate relationships.
-has democratic values.
-has a philosophical rather than bitter sense of humor.
-has creative resources.
-is resistant to conformity.
-is transcendent of the environment."
Upon reviewing that list I can relate to some of what was listed and then take note of what I should work on in my quest to become a master student if I so desire :)
So now I must go do a journal entry on it as part of my assignment but I just thought I'd share it with you all as I found it to be interesting :)
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be."-Abraham Maslow
posted by J*me @ 12:07 PM
