Power, Control, Revenge, Avoidance, and Attention
Power, Control, Revenge, Avoidance, and Attention. These are Rudolf Dreikurs’ five motives for troublesome behavior.[i] We can use them to gain insight into ourselves and to understand some of the difficult behaviors we see in others. Dreikurs taught us to look beyond problematic behavior, identify the unmet need, and resist the knee-jerk urge to use…