#approvalseeking

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

Approval is unpredictable because every person brings different expectations. What happens when identity is shaped around meeting expectations that constantly change? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

The desire to be liked can encourage agreement, politeness, and careful presentation. What parts of honesty become harder to express in that space? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

If respect and connection grow from authenticity rather than performance, what happens when the performance stops? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

Respect tends to appear when someone acts with clarity about what they value. What happens when that clarity is replaced by trying to satisfy everyone? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

Managing impressions requires continuous attention to how others might respond. What becomes possible when that attention relaxes? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[dualisticunity]

Why Trying to Be Liked or Respected Often Backfires - Dualistic Unity

People often sense when approval is being sought rather than freely given. What is it about that effort that subtly changes the interaction? https://dualisticunity.com/why-trying-to-be-liked-or-respected-often-backfires/

[antiaboyd]

Approval Seeking And Low Self Esteem - Seeking Approval Psychology 😳

[tonybrigmon]

When you decide to care more about what YOU think of you than what others think, you cease to be their prisoner. Hello FREEDOM.

The Good Life (TonyBrigmon.com)