Transcend

The New Science of Self-Actualization

By: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD

Narrated by: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD

A bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs--and new insights for realizing your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life.

When psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished journals, lectures, and essays, he felt a deep resonance with his own work and life. In this groundbreaking book, Kaufman picks up where Maslow left off, unraveling the mysteries of his unfinished theory, and integrating these ideas with the latest research on attachment, connection, creativity, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived.

Kaufman's new hierarchy of needs provides a roadmap for finding purpose and fulfillment--not by striving for money, success, or "happiness," but by becoming the best version of ourselves, or what Maslow called self-actualization. While self-actualization is often thought of as a purely individual pursuit, Maslow believed that the full realization of potential requires a merging between self and the world. We don't have to choose either self-development or self-sacrifice, but at the highest level of human potential we show a deep integration of both. Transcend reveals this level of human potential that connects us not only to our highest creative potential, but also to one another.

With never-before-published insights and new research findings, along with exercises and opportunities to gain insight into your own unique personality, this empowering book is a manual for self-analysis and nurturing a deeper connection not only with our highest potential but also with the rest of humanity.

*Includes a PDF of growth challenges to begin your personal journey, as well as seven principles for becoming a whole person.

awesome

very positive and motivating! would recommend to anyone looking for their purpose, or curious about the heights of human nature.

Inspiring

Scott Barry Kaufman demonstrates the possibilities of what humans can achieve through mindfulness and self-growth. This is a guidebook for living a fulfilling life.

Really a lot of great information, but the voice!

This book is a weatlh of well thought out information, interesting and thought provoking.
Though, each evening that I sit down to listen... Scott's voice puts me right to sleep. I would not want to discourage other listeners. Perhaps your experience will be different. But, the dialog is so deep... and Scott's delivery is so even... I doze off every time!
I'm going to buy a traditional paper copy.

life changing book

concepts presented clearly and logically
lays out a roadmap to transcendance and integrating a better way of being into the human experience.
worth a second listen.
thank you scott and abraham

Enlightening

There's a lot to take in, but its nicely organized and I did feel.taht there is hope .. for a more meaningful, fulfilling, connected, satisfying life. I am likely to buy this in book form and read it more carefully still.