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A participant runs along the course during the Avocado 5K at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, July 27, 2026. The race encouraged members of Team McConnell to maintain physical fitness while fostering community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Matthew Nguyen)

In the late 1950s, the humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow set out to study the people he thought were doing the most fully human version of being human. He wasn’t looking for the happiest or the most accomplished. He was looking for what he called the “self-actualizing person.”