A:  To get your own needs profile, assign each quality up to five points, five being highest.  Here, I'll go first:
Security  __/5        Fun  __/5       Freedom  __/5       Power  __/5       Belonging  __/5
Bruce:     1/5                4/5                       3/5                   3/5                        4/5

Okay, now your turn:
Security  __/5           Fun  __/5          Freedom  __/5         Power  __/5          Belonging  __/5
Q:  How do I use this to compare two people?

A:  Each person creates a Needs profile--then compare them!  This suggests where the value systems of two people overlap--and how much they overlap. Glasser suggests doing this especially before two people commit to any long term partnership. Glasser suggests a woman with a needs profile of 33355 is unlikely to be happy with a man whose needs profile reads 55333.


Glasser’s five universal needs distribute themselves organically into the four quadrants of the Inner Court:

Guinevere love & belonging, freedom to pursue your own dream & your own role in the world, emotional-spiritual freedom.

Lancelot fun, freedom to explore and be curious, physical-mental freedom.

Merlin survival (in terms of identity and culture), mental & intellectual security, including the security of cultural and religious traditions.

King Arthur physical power, strength for survival, conviction: “I will survive!”

As you can imagine, each of us has many habits, routines and behaviors around each of these five needs. Find a more complete discussion of the five needs in the book, Your Habit Body.

Q:  HELP!  I need help in measuring my own five needs.
A:  Call me now 310-280-1176.  With your permission, I'll measure your Needs Profile for $5.00 payable by check or PayPal.

Q: Help!  I need some help learning how to reconcile sets of needs between two people.

A: Call me now 310-280-1176.  I'll do it with you both for my session rate, payable by check or PayPal.

I look forward to assisting you to get where you are going.