Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explores what drives human behavior, offering a popular framework for understanding motivation. Typically illustrated as a pyramid, the model organizes needs from basic survival to self-fulfillment.

It focuses on how humans prioritize different needs as they navigate life.

But many critics argue the pyramid is flawed. While it claims that foundational needs like food and love must be met first, it ignores crucial variables. The model fails to account for extreme circumstances or cultural differences that shape how needs are experienced and prioritized.

Suggesting a fixed order oversimplifies the real complexity of human life.

The deeper we dig into the hierarchy, the clearer it becomes that it’s not a universal formula. Human motivation isn’t linear

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