Editing Human Potential Movement (section)

{{short description|American cultural phenomenon}}

The '''Human Potential Movement''' ('''HPM''') arose out of the [[counterculture of the 1960s]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=January 18, 2010 |title=George Leonard, Voice of '60s Counterculture, Dies at 86 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/us/18leonard1.html?_r=0 |access-date=2014-05-20}}</ref> and formed around the concept of an extraordinary potential that its advocates believed to lie largely untapped in all people. The movement takes as its premise the belief that the development of their "human potential" can contribute to a [[personal life|life]] of increased [[happiness]], [[creativity]], and [[Personal fulfillment|fulfillment]], and as a result such people will be more likely to direct their actions within society toward assisting others to release their [[Potentiality and actuality|potential]]. Adherents believe that the collective effect of individuals cultivating their own potential will be positive [[social change|change]] in society at large.