By Mike Lefebvre
In the 1940s, American psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a hierarchy of human needs typically depicted as a pyramid where basic human needs (e.g., food, shelter, water) must be consistently met before higher-level needs (e.g., self-esteem, belonging, self-actualization) are attainable. For instance, Maslow suggests that someone wouldn’t seek to boost self-esteem from peers




