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Self Actualization

Self-actualization refers to fulfilling one's potential and purpose in life. It involves developing an acceptance of oneself and one's nature, acting spontaneously and creatively, and focusing on personal growth rather than what others think. The document outlines 12 characteristics of self-actualized people and provides 5 steps for pursuing self-actualization, such as getting to know your strengths, crafting a vision for personal development, and overcoming resistance to growth.

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Self Actualization

Self-actualization refers to fulfilling one's potential and purpose in life. It involves developing an acceptance of oneself and one's nature, acting spontaneously and creatively, and focusing on personal growth rather than what others think. The document outlines 12 characteristics of self-actualized people and provides 5 steps for pursuing self-actualization, such as getting to know your strengths, crafting a vision for personal development, and overcoming resistance to growth.

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Self Actualization

Self-actualization is defined by:

• A fuller knowledge of, and acceptance of, the person’s intrinsic nature,

• The ongoing actualization of potentials, capacities, and talents,

• An unceasing trend toward unity, integration, or synergy within the person,

• The fulfillment of mission, call, fate, destiny, or vocation.

”Self-actualization is the need to become what one has the potential to be”

12 Characteristics of Self Actualization


1) Superior perception of reality
The ability to judge others accurately and detect dishonesty in the personality. The capacity to determine what’s good for you and
make effective decisions.

2) Increased acceptance of self, of others, and of nature


Accepting your nature, including your shortcomings and contradictions, without feeling overriding guilt, crippling shame, and
severe anxiety.

3) Increased spontaneity
Being simple, natural and spontaneous in behavior as well as in your life, thoughts, and impulses.

4) Increase in creative expression


This creativeness is not a “special talent” creativity that takes years of constant practice to cultivate, but rather a more innocent,
playful, and spontaneous creative expression found in young children.

5) Increased detachment and desire for solitude and privacy


Being comfortable being by yourself without the neurotic need to always be around people.

6) Increased autonomy and resistance to enculturation


Being relatively independent of the social environment and cultural forces. Drive for internal growth as a motivation and focus on
the development of your potential.

7) Greater freshness of appreciation and richness of emotional reaction


Innocently appreciating the inherent elements of life with awe, wonder, and pleasure long after these things become stale to others.

8) Higher frequency of peak experiences


These mystical experiences are more intense forms of experiences where there’s a loss of self or transcendence of it.
9) Increased identification with the human species
Humans develop from being identified exclusively with themselves (egocentric) to identification to a group, whether it be family,
religious, or political (sociocentric) to identification with all of humanity (worldcentric).

10) Improved interpersonal relations


Being capable of greater love and more obliteration of ego boundaries, results in having deeper relationships than other adults. But
a deeper bond may only be formed with a select few individuals, maintaining a relatively small circle of friends.

11) More democratic character structure


Being friendly with anyone of suitable character regardless of class, education, political belief, race, or color. Identifying more
closely with the human species and being less determined by any social classification.

12) Certain changes in the value system


Establishing a firm value structure with the philosophic acceptance of the nature of your self, of human nature, and of physical
reality.

5 Steps to Pursue Self-Actualization


Step 1: Get to know your core strengths.
Knowing your strengths will help you save time and focus on what comes naturally to you.

Follow your bliss. Do what you love and what interests you.

Step 2: Learn how to stay in your center.


It’s a foundational skill for learning anything.

Step 3: Craft a personal vision for the person you’re becoming.


The clarity this brings is undeniable.

Step 4: Put together a basic personal development plan.


A clear plan will help you cut through distraction and focus on what’s most important to you.

Step 5: Walk your path toward self-mastery.


It’s important to understand that we all fear and resist growth.

Knowing how to overcome resistance is critical if you want to actualize your potential.

Final Thoughts on Self Actualization


Self-actualization is a sign of positive mental health. Many of us resist our self-actualization because of fear. We do this without
knowing it. When we’re spending most of your time-consuming media, for example, we’ve walked off our path.

The good news is that as soon as we realize it, we can start anew, right here and now.

Follow what you love — those things that light your fire and ignite your curiosity — and see where it will take you.

It’s an awesome adventure of discovery and growth. And remember, if you plan on being anything less than you are capable of
being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

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