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5. Need for self-actualization

◦ When all the foregoing needs are satisfied, then &

only then are the needs for self-actualization

activated.

◦ Maslow describes self-actualization as a person's

need to be & do that which the person was "born

to do." "A musician must make music, an artist must

paint, & a poet must write."

◦ These needs make themselves felt in signs of

restlessness (person feels edgy, tense, lacking

something, in short, restless. )

◦ The person must be true to his or her own nature,

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