This exploratory study initiates a research basis for understanding superior use of human potential. Reported episodes of peak performance indicate that peak performance is an independent entity with distinguishing phenomenological dimensions: (a) clear focus upon both object and self; (b) spontaneity and unrestrained behavior; and (c) expression…

This article is part of a series of studies that the author and his Israeli students are conducting into the roots of loneliness and the sources of positive life styles. It includes a discussion of the Japanese pattern of "amae" or healthy dependency. (Editor/RK)