WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?
Posted on March 22, 2014 by Elena Zanfei, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
What makes you tick? Everything we DO is fueled by our inner needs; what we DO impacts all relationships. Wouldn't it help you to know what it is?
“A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants” ~~ PLATO
“To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.” ~~ JIMMY CARTER
“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” ~~ MARGARET MEAD
Do you know what makes you tick?
Since everything we DO is fueled by our inner needs, and what we DO impacts all relationships, would it help you to know what specific needs are influencing your life, what really makes you tick?
Maslow and other scholars identified various psychological needs that drive behaviors such as the need for esteem, affection, belongingness, achievement, self-actualization, power and control. There are many benefits to understanding what needs govern our lives; one advantages of knowing which need exerts the strongest influence on our own behaviors is the ability to understand how they affect our interpersonal relationships. For example, many of us have most likely known individuals who have a high need for status. These folks are attracted to high status occupations, and that need makes them tick in a way that they seek high status positions within their organizations. They desire external things that symbolize their status to others. They may demand respect from others, and require benefits and extras not available to people of lower status. They may at times compete for things that others see as inconsequential –like a bigger office. Needs cause motivation; and when needs aren’t satisfied, they can cause frustration, conflict and stress.
My mentor, Tony Robbins, has partnered with Cloe’ Madanes to create a comprehensive NEEDS assessment that is easy to take, requires little time and imparts priceless information. It will open your eyes to what truly motivates your actions, what beliefs you hold because of your needs and how they may get in your way at times. After taking this you will really know what makes you tick.
Here are the DOWNLOAD LINKS for you to take the 6 Human Needs Test:
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Interpretation
I have just completed it myself and read through the results that gave me some very interesting insights as to how I put my life together; what motivates me, what gets in my way and what can assist me in meeting my needs.
My TOP TWO needs are CONTRIBUTION and GROWTH – my 3rd is LOVE/CONNECTION.
I HIGHLY encourage you to go through this process… it took about 20+ minutes to do and the time spent learning about what drives MY life, was time well spent.
Enjoy and please share your TOP TWO needs with those close to you; it will give them greater understanding and appreciation for who you are and what needs and beliefs govern your actions.
To your continual growth!!
Do you want to go deeper on this subject? Do you want help seeing how your needs are really playing out in your life? Do you want to make sure you are meeting your needs in healthy ways? I welcome you to visit me at my website elenazanfei.com and get to know how I can help you do that. Download our FREE Assessment where you can discover if you are truly being a grounded, emotionally strong person who meets her/his need in a healthy way an provides great role modeling for the children of our world.
“What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.” ~~ Sigmund Freud
