EPISODE 38
HUMAN MOTIVATION AND NEEDS:
mASLOW’S hIERARCHY IN TACTICS AND LEADERSHIP
Some time ago, a psychologist named Abraham Maslow wrote up a list of human needs in roughly the order people need to satisfy them: food and water at the bottom of the pyramid, social and family needs in the middle, and self-esteem and purpose at the top. Mike and Jim discuss some ways we can apply this to tactical and leadership settings by figuring out how to influence behavior.
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