And yet we dare to contradict ourselves at this point!
Yes, there are many different needs! And yes, there are also quite big differences in which needs a certain person has in a certain situation that perhaps another person in the same situation does not feel at all.
But we humans do not differ at all in our basic needs! All the more so when it comes to weighing up these basic needs. But not that we humans, no matter what our origin, what experiences we have had, what culture we have been born into, all have these basic needs.
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In the following, we refer to William Glasser's (p. 25-43) "Five Basic Needs", which he formulated in his "Choice Theory". Glasser specifies these Five Basic Needs as follows.