These inborn needs have been responsible for our individual and group survival as a species and continue to play a significant role in the evolution of human society. The way they are satisfied also differs from person to person and across cultures and ages. However, the expression of these needs in different people may take on different phenotypes and so look different. Every human being, in every culture, over every generation, on every continent has these 7 categories of needs. We are endowed with 7 categories of needs (see below) that are called fundamental human needs. ![]() Evolutionary Role of the Fundamental Human Needs These needs are not “wants” but “needs” that we all have by just being human–they are ontological (stemming from the condition of being human). ![]() That is, humans are motivated to do things by a desire to meet their intrinsic needs. Keen observation, research, and centuries of history show us that we are motivated by a desire to meet certain fundamental human needs. Have you ever thought about what motivates people to do what they do? Is it obtaining money, power, and sex as some people think? The answer is deeper than that. What are our social determinants of health? How do great leaders lead people so that people passionately follow them? What motivates people to do what they do? ![]() It’s only the unsatisfied need that motivates.” Stephen Covey
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