比尔?盖茨说:“成功是衡量人生价值的尺子,它是人类自我实现的需要。”美国人本主义心理学家马斯洛也是这样认为的,他把人的需要归结为五个层次。(1)生理的需要;(2)安全的需要;(3)归属和爱的需要;(4)被人尊重与自尊的需要;(5)自我实现的需要。马斯洛把“自我实现的需要”看做是区别于其他四种需要的最高层次,是人类充分利用和发挥自身潜力的心理需要,是一种想要实现人的全部潜能的根本欲望,而成功的最基本的动机和我们对成功的追求,正是来源于人类“自我实现”的心理需求。当一个人为着一个预定的目标而努力,并最终达到这个目标的时候,他未必是一个真正的成功者。成功决不意味着生理的满足,也不等 Bill Gates said: “Success is a measure of the value of life, it is the need for human self-realization. ” The American humanistic psychologist Maslow also think so, he put people’s needs boil down to five level. (1) physiological needs; (2) the need for safety; (3) the need for belonging and love; (4) the need for respect and self-esteem; (5) the need for self-actualization. Maslow regards “the need of self-actualization ” as the highest level that is different from the other four kinds of needs and is the psychological need of mankind to make full use of and exert his potential. He is also a fundamental desire to realize the full potential of man , And the most basic motivation for success and our pursuit of success are the psychological needs derived from the “self-actualization” of mankind. He is not necessarily a true winner when one is working toward a predetermined goal and eventually accomplishing that goal. Success does not mean physical satisfaction, nor does it