Breaking Free from the Need for Approval: Shifting Paradigms for Personal Growth
Corey Butler
Helping Impact driven Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Game Changers Build a Winning Self-Image for Peak Performance, Confidence, and Success
Our need for approval from others can hinder personal growth and prevent us from taking bold steps towards our desires. To change this paradigm, two approaches can be employed: emotional impact and repetition of new ideas. Focusing on the latter, here are three practices to shift the paradigm of needing approval:
Additional exercises to amplify results include creating a Personal Success Journal/Scrapbook to reflect on past accomplishments and undertaking a Week of Yes, where one embraces unexpected opportunities to step outside the comfort zone. Engaging in these practices, along with consistently demonstrating self-appreciation in small ways, paves the way for personal growth and reduces the need for external approval.
By understanding one's inherent worth and recognizing the divine guidance within, the fear of others' opinions diminishes. Embrace the unexplored adventures ahead, release coping mechanisms, and dare to live a life free from the constraints of seeking approval.
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1 年Affirmation means that they have to understand the ideas and growth you're putting forward. Many may not understand. Your tips will help move people move independently! Great tips Corey Butler!
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1 年Well said and yes to making out own decisions that feels right ??
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1 年Thank you for super useful exercises here. A good place to start is also a reflection on whom we need an approval from and for what. Then work on new habits in relation to that person & then use that learning in relation to others.
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1 年Brilliant Corey. Point 2 is ?? ! Do you think social media has exacerbated the issue of needing approval from one's peers or basically anyone ?
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1 年The opening sentence is everything. Giving the power away stops us to experience our life