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Legends · 1908–1970

Abraham Maslow

Emotional WellbeingLeadership & Influence

Studied human potential and developed the hierarchy of needs, placing self-actualization at the summit of psychological growth.

Abraham Maslow is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Emotional Wellbeing and Leadership & Influence. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Legends

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1908–1970

life and work

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  • Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
  • Explore the work through leadership & influence
“What a man can be, he must be.”

— Abraham Maslow, Motivation and Personality

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“What a man can be, he must be.”

— Abraham Maslow, Motivation and Personality

Studied human potential and developed the hierarchy of needs, placing self-actualization at the summit of psychological growth.

  • Emotional Wellbeing
  • Leadership & Influence

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Start with the books.

Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

Motivation and Personality

1954 · The hierarchy of needs in its original form.

02

Toward a Psychology of Being

1962 · Growth, peak experience and the fully human.

03

The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

1971 · His final essays on self-actualization.

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