A hierarchy: from financial security to freedom

We did quite some reading on financial security and what we have found is that there is an inherent hierarchy from financial security to freedom. The image below captures our understanding of this hierarchy. The first important caveat to note is that if you do not currently live within your means (i.e. you have badContinue reading “A hierarchy: from financial security to freedom”

Meditations on career security

The meditations are intentionally about career security because it is anchored in freedom. Career security is about our ability to create or land and maintain jobs that align with our interests and skillset irrespective of the financial position of an employer or the economic context. In contrast, job security is about not losing a specific/currentContinue reading “Meditations on career security”

Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs

Maslow’s model for motivation is the most popular aspect of his main contribution to society: pioneering a shift away from psychopathology and a focus on what is wrong with people to looking at how human potential can be fulfilled (Maslow, 1943). Two major criticisms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs have been: 1. it is incompleteContinue reading “Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs”