Born on April 1, 1908, in Brooklyn, NY, Maslow was the oldest of seven children and came from a first-generation Jewish immigrant family from Kyiv (now the capital of Ukraine, but at the time it was a part of the Russian Empire), per the School of Philosophy and Economic Science. And in the vein of his main research and work on the self and hierarchy of needs, our quote of the day includes his thoughts on growth and the choices we have to make to either level up or stay “safe.”
Maslow studied psychology at the University of Wisconsin, then studied Gestalt psychology at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He became the head of the psychology department at Brandeis University in 1951 and stayed there until he retired in 1969. He died on June 8, 1970, and his work still influences psychology to this day.
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Quote of the Day by Abraham Maslow
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This is the most popular version of this quote, though the quote is also often written as, “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” This is what you can find in Brian Tracy’s 2009 book, How the Best Leaders Lead: Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others, at the beginning of the chapter, “Leaders Know Themselves.”
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It’s really easy to continue to live in your comfort zone, because it’s familiar and it does feel safe. But just because something is a safe choice doesn’t mean it’s a good choice; as many would argue (Maslow included, probably), going with your “safe” option actually might hinder you from reaching your full potential.
Essentially, to evolve and gain success in life, you have to do the hard things. You have to take risks, and you have to push yourself out of your comfort zone. If you don’t, you’ll never reach your full potential.
“Every human being has both sets of forces within him. One set clings to safety and defensiveness out of fear, tending to regress backward, hanging on to the past, afraid to grow away from the primitive communication with the mother’s uterus and breast, afraid to take chances, afraid to jeopardize what he already has, afraid of independence, freedom and separateness. The other set of forces impels him forward toward wholeness of Self and uniqueness of Self, toward full functioning of all his capacities, toward confidence in the face of the external world at the same time that he can accept his deepest, real, unconscious Self.”
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More Quotes from Abraham Maslow
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be”“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”Related: Quote of the Day: Psychologist Erich Fromm on Lasting Love, Loyalty and Commitment
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