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Learn about what motivates you

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Learn about what motivates you

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- [Instructor] One of the most famous management theories in the world, and deservedly, is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in which Abraham Maslow says that all humans have five main needs, each one building on the one below. So we start with physical needs to be warm enough and to have enough food. Then we move on to security so we want a fence across our cave and backup source of food and water just in case we need it. Then we move on to social needs, so we need a feeling of belonging to a tribe which could be a company, a nation, a state, a football team, a profession, and we need a certain number of friends. This is why solitary confinement is one of the worst punishments in prison. The next level is ego needs where we want to not only belong but we want to be noticed as special, to be best at something, to get some recognition. This is starting to be a bit more of a luxury rather than a need, but it's certainly something that we look for. And then finally this top level, we call…

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