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Chapter I. Motivation of a specialist in ventilation and its installations

Many people believe that the main motivation In any professional field is earning money and promotion at work. On the one hand, these are really the main Motives for people to work every day ( sometimes through force) why people go to work every day (not always the favourite one). However, we can find many people Who are unassuming and work for lower fee being completely satisfied with their job works for less salary because they are beloved with their job. So what motivates a ventilation engineer to work in this sphere?

American psychologist Abraham Maslow has identified deep motives common to all people that determine human behavior.The psychologist believed that physical survival is the first deep motive and basic human need. After he is satisfied, the person will switch to the next need. As soon as it is completed, it is the turn of the next one, there are only five main motives:

1. Physiological needs

These include air, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warm, sleep – everything that is necessary for human survival. Maslow included sex in the same group. The psychologist considered these needs to be the most important – in a situation of extreme need, a person, first of all, will think about how to survive, that is, about physiological needs. Until they are satisfied, it is unlikely that he will have other desires.


2. Safety and security

As soon as the physiological needs of a person are satisfied, the desire for security and confidence in the future come to the fore. People want to control their lives, see order and predictability around them. In society, this means the absence of direct threats to life and health, protection from natural disasters, social stability, financial security, and so on. The police, rescue services, medical and municipal institutions in general close these needs of people in society.

3. Social needs

Initially, Maslow called them "the need for love." He believed that after satisfying physiological needs and obtaining security, a person expects love and affection from other people. This block of the pyramid includes social relations: family and relatives relationship, friendship, a sense of trust in others and acceptance of a person by others.


4. Respect and recognition

Maslow divided these needs into two types: self-esteem (self-esteem, personal achievements, independence from others) and to be respected by others. A person wants to feel important both in his own eyes and in the eyes of other people. Self-esteem is directly related to a sense of self-confidence and self-worth, with self-acceptance and self-worth. Respect from others is associated with the desire to be approved by others, successful and appreciated.


5. Self-actualization

Maslow considers, that self – actualization is the ability of a person to do what he was created for. A musician feels the need to make music, an artist – to draw, a poet – to write. If a person wants to be happy, he must do what he was born for. This desire to develop one's potential is the highest need in Maslow's hierarchy. At the same time, the psychologist notes that the specific behavior into which this need will develop varies from person to person. For one, this will be expressed in the desire to become an ideal parent, for another it will be associated with sporting achievements, for a third it will be a joy to create or invent.