Maslow's Hierarchy - Part 1

How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs apply to Freemasonry?

Lining Up

If Freemasonry is about "making good men better,"

why then are men not lining-up around the block to get in?

Stabbed in the Back

If you don't take the time to actually study the work you are criticizing...

...then in essence you are stabbing the author in the back.

Content

If you add content at your meetings for Masons...

...you will find that content is also what attracts new candidates.

Membership Issues

If it's about money, it's about membership.

If it's about "making good men better," then it's about the work.

How can we combine both effectively?

Supercenter

What Freemasonry looks like when it is "marketed" to the masses.

Marketing

Why are Freemasons trying to find new ways to attract new members?

Isn't that marketing?

Do we have a product to sell?

Mr. Data

"It is the struggle itself that is most important.

We must strive to be more than we are.

It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal.

The effort yields it's own rewards."

- Mr. Data

Joining Lodges

If our catch phrase is:

"We make good men better."

Why then, do men not join Lodges for that reason?

Tree

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."

Greek Proverb

Lodge

What is it exactly, that keeps you going to your Lodge?