APPLYING (SELF-ACTUALIZATION) TO SELF AS A TRAINER

In my previous article entitled ‘Applying (Patterns) to Self as a Trainer’ I described my process for applying the NSTT patterns to yourself to improve your congruence and skill as a trainer. Beyond applying patterns to ourselves we also have the opportunity to apply the principles of self-actualization to ourselves.

How much are you practicing them now? How much more would you like to? How much are you currently enjoying the self-actualizing life? We are the leaders of the second human potential movement, wouldn’t you like to lead by example?

In the PCMC manual (Hall, 2014, pp. 38-39) there is a skill called “Evaluating Self- Development and Actualization,” and one of the sub-skills is to “identify variables that govern self-actualization and check to determine their presence or absence in your behaviors”. The great news is that we have a checklist of self actualizing characteristics compiled from by Michael Hall from Abraham Maslow in our Unleashing Potentials manual (2012, pp.10-11) as well as in the Self-Actualization books.