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Book summary of Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman — A modern synthesis and update to Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization ( Amazon ) by Scott Barry Kaufman is a great gateway to Abraham Maslow. This book is a nice place to start if you’re new to Maslow (especially his late-life writings) and also want to understand some of the modern research that’s been conducted over the last 50 years since Maslow passed away. I especially enjoyed Kaufman’s proposal to update the hierarchy of needs from a pyramid to a sailboat. Due to the length of this summary, you can view a short post about that here: Why we Need to Evolve Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs fr

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