Self-aware people don’t crave external validation because they are happy with themselves and understand their own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. They are comfortable with who they are and forge their own path in life.
Many individuals lack self-awareness and spend their lives doing what other people say. The only person who really matters is you and it’s important that you listen to what your inner voice is telling you. That doesn’t mean that you need to ignore wise people, just that it’s positive to think independently and trust yourself.
If you feel yourself craving validation, try doing something different than you normally would, like:
- Increasing your self-awareness by evaluating your strengths and areas for improvement.
- Working on healing the hurts from your past.
- Doing some positive thing you love doing and that moves you in a beneficial direction.
- Taking a walk.
- Doing something creative.
- Creating a list of wonderful things about you and adding to it each day for thirty days.
The trick to moving past needing outside validation is to learn how to love yourself by knowing who you are and what brings you joy in life. All it takes to get there is doing small things each day that will eventually transform your life. What will you do to develop self-awareness and stop craving external validation?
Cheers,
Guy