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We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Cleveland
Ohio
Driven
Fun
Five
Freedom
Power
Genetic
Needs
Belonging
Love
Survival

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Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
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We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.
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Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.
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The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.
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Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.
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I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.
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