The Emotionally Agile Brain

The Emotionally Agile Brain: A New Map of Human Motivation
What truly drives us? The Emotionally Agile Brain introduces a revolutionary model that replaces the old hierarchy of needs with a dynamic framework that spans four life domains:
Self - Identity, growth, and autonomy
Social - Connection, belonging, and recognition
Material - Security, achievement, and success
Spiritual - Meaning, ethics, and transcendence
Drawing on decades of research published in peer-reviewed journals, author J.D. Pincus reveals that motivation is fundamentally about change. By asking two simple questions: Where in your life do you want to make a change? and What kind of change do you seek? you will uncover your unique motivational "fingerprint."
This insight is transformative. Awareness of your motivational state cuts through life's distractions, freeing you to pursue what you truly want. The book introduces a "Periodic Table of Human Motivation," a comprehensive system that accounts for every possible emotional need across three levels of aspiration: foundational (being), experiential (doing), and aspirational (having).

J. D. Pincus, PhD, is a psychologist and researcher specializing in human motivation, emotional needs, and personal development. He developed the unified pyramid model of human motivation and the AgileBrain measurement technique. He published his model in Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, and has gone on to apply the pyramid model to the problems of Human Values, Employee Engagement, Subjective Well-Being, Organizational Culture, Leadership Effectiveness, Team Effectiveness, and Human Goals. His seminal article on the concept of motivation in applied psychology, published in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, has been cited in 222 subsequent papers. He lives in Massachusetts, with his wife, a Maltipoo puppy named Bean, and a black cat named Salem.