Transcend

read. Scott Barry Kaufman is the new generation s leading voice in humanistic psychology, a modern-day Abraham Maslow. Updating Maslow s hierarchy of needs with modern psychology research, Transcend will help readers embark upon a journey to the upper reaches of their potential.
Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of Meaning
 
This splendid book is a twofer. It s a retelling of the life of Abraham Maslow woven through an insightful updating of Maslow s theory.
Martin Seligman, director, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Hope Circuit
 
Transcend is a wonderful revival and update of a beloved classic psychological model, as well as a loving ode to its originator. A brilliant assemblage of our current understand­ing of psychological well-being.
Mark Manson, New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
 
Mastery in whatever field is an important goal to aspire to, but in these times, when people are experiencing depression and emptiness at an epidemic level, transcendence is an even more critical goal. Scott Barry Kaufman manages to integrate more than seventy-five years of research on the subject to show that the only way to fully self-actualize is, paradoxically, by getting outside of one s self. This is one of the best books on human potential I ve ever read.
Robert Greene, author of The Laws of Human Nature
 
In this ambitious work, Scott Barry Kaufman not only excavates the unfinished ele­ments of Maslow s famous hierarchy of needs, but updates and extends it with the latest science. Transcend is a compass for a life well lived.
David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of Range
 
Scott Barry Kaufman is one of my favorite thinkers about the psychology of getting better and growing as a person.
Ryan Holiday, New York Times bestselling author of Stillness Is the Key
 
Both personal and universal, deep and engaging, easy to follow and mind-shifting, Transcend gives us a new understanding of Maslow s famous self-actualization model and shows us how we can all achieve the kind of life we aspire to.
Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
 
In an age focused on materialism and self-obsession, Kaufman boldly addresses the sci­ence of our deepest, most unanswered needs: connection, meaning, love, transcendence, and self-realization. A revolutionary book destined to become a classic.
Emma Seppälä, Ph.D., author of The Happiness Track, and science director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University
 
Many of the substantive issues humanistic psychology fought for in the middle part of the last century are now at the very core of modern psychology, regardless of your ap­proach or orientation. It is especially timely to revisit the work of one of the greatest humanists of all time, Abraham Maslow, and to update his insights based on the half a century of data that have accumulated since his death. Scott Barry Kaufman has done just that in this wide-ranging and delightful book.
Steven C. Hayes, codeveloper of acceptance and commitment therapy and author of A Liberated Mind
 
In this wise, creative, surprising, and exceedingly humane book, Scott Barry Kaufman provides a hierarchy of needs for the modern world, blending the insights of humanistic psychology with the finding of cutting-edge science.
Paul Bloom, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology, Yale University, and author of Against Empathy
 
Scott Barry Kaufman revivifies the wisdom of humanistic psychology for a new millen­nium. He does it with evidence and discernment, without turning the world into a nail.
Steven Pinker, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and New York Times bestselling author of Enlightenment Now
 
Synthesizing Maslow s wisdom with modern research, Scott Barry Kaufman takes our understanding of the good life to higher planes. Maslow would have been proud!
Tal Ben-Shahar, cofounder of the Happiness Studies Academy
 
There are many books about happiness. There are fewer about living a good life not a fixed state of being, but an ongoing process that encourages creativity, challenge, and meaning. Transcend is such a book: original, grounded in modern research, and thor­oughly practical.
Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
 
Drawing on a vast range of source material, Kaufman has singlehandedly helped to reposition Maslow and humanistic psychology from the periphery to the center of mainstream psychological inquiry. A scientifically grounded, splendidly accessible road map for the spiritual and philosophical uplift of our field.
Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., author of The Spirituality of Awe
 
Reading Transcend would bring a broad smile to Maslow s face and maybe even a shout of Someone finally gets it. Often he spoke in our seminars at Brandeis of his frustration that so few understood his work. Scott Barry Kaufman not only shows a rare and pro­found understanding of Maslow s ideas but, for the first time in fifty years, expands our knowledge of Maslow s core concepts. This book is worthy of being in every thinking person s library and being read more than once.
L. Ari Kopolow, M.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, George Washington University; president emeritus, Suburban Maryland Psychiatric Society; and former student of Abraham Maslow
 
This is one of the most comprehensive books on what psychology has to say about the path to personal fulfillment. I walked away with a new, sophisticated lens for viewing the motivations behind my actions. I suspect readers will be equally enlightened.
Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D., professor of psychology, George Mason University, and author of The Upside of Your Dark Side
 
With wisdom from many fields, and paths and principles to live, this book will enable you to rise to the greatest challenge of our times: to arrive at a new sense of ourselves that is kinder, more inclusive, and oriented to creating a better world. This is a pro­foundly important and timely book.
Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology, University of California, Berkeley