Secondary Needs Being Revealed

Status

The need:

• to be significant.
• to count, to be a "somebody."
• to be a vital part.
• to change the status quo.
• to have one's say.

Students who have these needs are easy to identify. They:

• are easily insulted.
• think people look down on them.
• want information before others get it.
• "go crazy" if decisions are made without consulting and/or considering them.
• make themselves appear superior by making others appear inferior.
• often put people down and attempt to put others in their place.
• like to label others, prejudge those they meet, and judge everyone critically.
• are joiners.
• take on more than they can achieve.
• are extremely concerned about personal appearance and what things they own.

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