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Transcend

The New Science of Self-Actualization

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Transcend

By: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
Narrated by: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
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 A bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs--and new insights for realizing your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life.

When psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished journals, lectures, and essays, he felt a deep resonance with his own work and life. In this groundbreaking book, Kaufman picks up where Maslow left off, unraveling the mysteries of his unfinished theory, and integrating these ideas with the latest research on attachment, connection, creativity, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived.

Kaufman's new hierarchy of needs provides a roadmap for finding purpose and fulfillment--not by striving for money, success, or "happiness," but by becoming the best version of ourselves, or what Maslow called self-actualization. While self-actualization is often thought of as a purely individual pursuit, Maslow believed that the full realization of potential requires a merging between self and the world. We don't have to choose either self-development or self-sacrifice, but at the highest level of human potential we show a deep integration of both. Transcend reveals this level of human potential that connects us not only to our highest creative potential, but also to one another.

With never-before-published insights and new research findings, along with exercises and opportunities to gain insight into your own unique personality, this empowering book is a manual for self-analysis and nurturing a deeper connection not only with our highest potential but also with the rest of humanity.

*Includes a PDF of growth challenges to begin your personal journey, as well as seven principles for becoming a whole person. Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Mental Health Happiness Health
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Very well constructed set of ideas and principals to guide the searcher. It will open your outlook.

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A must read 10 out of 10 well worth a second listen especially the last few chapters.

a journey towards understanding humanity

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I loved the perceptiveness and metaphorical breakdown and subsequent rebuild that allows a reader to better understand Maslow’s unfinished masterpiece.

This is a book that anyone looking for a better understanding of their own humanity as well as insights into the human condition. To use Kegan terminology, this is a book that’s been authored to inspire self-authoring for us all.

Powerful

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teaches you how to be the best person you can be in an easy to read book. great narration by the author himself. well done! 10/10

inspirational and motivating book

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Long time listener of Scott Barry Kaufman's Positive Psychology Podcast and once again he has outdone himself.

Loved it!

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