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Not a pyramid scheme... it is talking about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. And the section about it was at best loosely tied to the rest of the article. The article would have been just as good, and possibly better, if that entire section was simply removed. It's addition took what was otherwise a quite decent article and made it feel like they were trying too hard to hook people in with a clever gimmick of a title.

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When I realized this, I immediately stopped reading and made a mental note to avoid the site in the future.

I kept reading past that point and found that it's, so far, worth it. You won't necessarily find anything new if you do a lot of reading on the subject of workplace personal fulfillment, but you will find a reasonable restatement of what type of environment reinforces rather than erodes itself. I've definitely been in environments where I wish I could have shared something like this (but knew that if I did it would only increase the toxicity from others).

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