Maslow’s five basic assumptions with regard to motivation are the psychological needs, followed by safety, then love and belonging, esteem and lastly self-actualization. Firstly there are the psychological needs. These needs drive the basic requirements of humans such as thirst, hunger or shelter. With regards to this form of motivation, it is said in the Holy Scripture that God is the provider of daily bread to all human beings. The next assumption is safety. All humans wished to feel safe and protected hence they crave for it. This is an assumption which covers both the emotional and psychological as well as physical contexts of safety. The Scripture has mentioned this as the God is the One, who will protect and ascertain humans from all evil (Devine, 2014).The third assumption is love and belonging. Every human being wants to have a family, loved ones and friends and have people they can belong to (Devine, 2014). The Scripture writes about this as all humans are predestined and been approved of their beloved. The fourth assumption is esteem. Humans need to have self-confidence and a little pride in who they are and what they are capable of. In the Scripture, this is mentioned as human beings are created slightly lower in rank than the angels (Devine, 2014). The fifth and last assumption is called self-actualization. This is a need that enables humans to feel that they are respectable beings, and they live meaningful lives, and other people acknowledge them for it. The Scripture says that God has created humans to live their lives with great purpose. Life is also not to be lived selfishly rather it requires the sacrifice of the self (Devine, 2014).
There are many ways to keep one’s self-motivated. Some of the ways I practice motivation is by having lots of coffee and eating food that I enjoy the most, spending my free time with parents and friends, doing justice to the time I spend with them, driving with friends, watching movies together. I also spend time alone, think about my life and at times, write in my journal.
References
Devine, A. (2014, April 14). Maslow's 5 motivations. Retrieved July 24, 2016, from
https://thecreativecrave.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/maslows-5-motivations/
