10. The same needs, but different strategies to meet them

The fact that we humans all have these basic needs - albeit in varying degrees - does not adequately explain the fact that we take very different approaches to fulfilling our needs:

We do not differ in our basic needs, but in the strategies, we use to fulfil our needs!

And that holds conflict potential! Great potential for conflict, in fact! Conflicts do not arise over our basic needs. We all have the same basic needs, so we can develop great understanding for each other. Conflicts arise when it comes to how I want to fulfil one or more of my needs and even more so when I am confronted with how someone else intends to do it.

And you can observe this every day: