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As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (Amazon) lives up to the hype. It's like the combination of highlights from Man's Search for Meaning (book summary) + The Alchemist (book summary) + The Untethered Soul (book summary) + The Purpose Driven Life …
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Looking for the full book summary of Maslow's "The Farther Reaches of Human Nature"? How about deep dive notes on self-actualization or transcendence? This post includes Maslow's highlights on self-actualizing transcenders from The Farther Reaches …
"Man's true fulfillment depends upon communion with that which transcends him." — Heschel This post includes Maslow's writing on transcendence from The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (Amazon). Note: You can use these links to read my "Farther …
Continue Reading about What is Transcendence? The True Top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
"I have not deliberately worked with an ad hoc control group, i.e., non-self-actualizing people. I could say that most of humanity is a control group, which is certainly true." — Maslow This post includes Maslow's writing on self-actualization from …
Continue Reading about What is Self-Actualization? Here’s what Maslow said about Self-Actualizers
"Maslow was more than anything else a philosopher of science." — Henry Geiger This isn't the easiest book to read, but I thoroughly enjoyed Abraham Maslow's The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (Amazon). In fact, I thought it was so great that I …
