Quotes About Validation

You have to not care whether they approve of your or not," she said when I called. "We do what we do to express ourselves, not to coincide with what others like. You're lucky if they like anything you do.

a girl who posts a picture of herself on Instagram must show that she doesn't take herself too seriously, either by mugging or with a self-deprecating or humorous caption or, preferably, both.

We all want, above all, to be heard. We want to be understood—heard for what we think we are saying, for what we know we meant.

Looking outside of yourself for love and acceptance, leaves your happiness in the hands of others.

Eu n-am avut identitate pân? când nu mi-ai dat tu una.

There is nothing that dictates behavior more than what we want others to think of us. When that happens, we become a reflection in our own mind of what we believe is reflected in the mind of another, neither of which has the slightest chance of being correct. Talk about dogs chasing tails.

It is common to learn from experience what we already believe, then repeat the experience to prove what we believe we learned. The process was invented by religion and perfected by science.

Dalam tindakan terkecilnya sekalipun, manusia selalu dibayangi motivasi sosial, manusia butuh justifikasi dari lingkungannya.

The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not t satisfy someone else's opinion.

Beginilah keadaan yang akan berlangsung. Jika kau menginginkan pujian dan senyuman, datangi saja orang lain. Aku tidak berada di sini untuk memujimu.

Everyone needs to feel safe and secure. Everyone needs to feel nurtured. Everyone needs to feel loved and appreciated. Everyone needs to feel that their life is relevant and meaningful.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

I'm a nice person. I'm just stupid to want people to like me.

You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.

Don't get upset when someone copies you, but feel flattered; because an imitation is the best form of flattery. What's more, it's a living proof that you must be on a winning track; because nobody ever imitates a loser.

You might be a Desi, if you join extension school of Ivy League for a part-time certificate program so that your LinkedIn profile shows the Ivy League stamp.

Academy. And what a narcotic the drug of positive feedback

Whites do not realize that possessing unchecked power and control over others often results in the dimming of their own perceptiveness and leads to a distorted reality. This is because their high status and power means they (a) seldom have to worry or even think about people of color, (b) use only one another to validate their sense of a false racial reality, and (c) inaccurately define people of color from a stereotypical template.

Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Leadership is obliged to justify itself daily.

The minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.

One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.