Good evening, Team! It’s Sunday!

Begin with the end in mind.

Source: Free Xenon

The title might suggest I’m referring to the antiquated standard work hours. Between Work From Home (WFH) pre-COVID and now as we are, work hours will never categorically fit into a standard frame again. But that’s not my reference for today…please read on.

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (most commonly known pictured below) theory has always struck me as a great way to explain human behavior and the implied ascension through life.

Modern theory includes the concept that rather than fulfilling each step and moving forward in some sort of ratcheted advancement, that it may not be so singular or linear.

His later work (pictured above) includes more steps where the pinnacle is actually helping others achieve self-actualization (transcendence).

Source: Professional Academy

What does this mean to you?

If you’re lost, at whatever point in your life, this is a helpful roadmap…if you choose to proceed. You can stay stuck at any level, and many do, but for those who look forward with an eye for the challenging, you might be interested in the top graph.

What is most intriguing to me is the revelation that there are no guarantees, no level reached and therefore, no floor. If you are climbing the ladder inside of the pyramid pictured above, you don’t expect the rungs to snap and find yourself descending…but it certainly happens.

If any level is destabilized, you may be beckoned back to that level to work on it and hopefully restore it and it may take all of your energy, requiring you to surrender the level (or levels) you achieved. It will then take a lot of work … and forgiveness, not foreboding…to start climbing again.

Onward…and upward.

Have a blessed week!