Approval-Seeking Behaviors that Diminish Your Self-Esteem

The need for approval runs deep. As social beings, we are wired to seek approval from others. Whether we like it or not, we’ll always care about what others think, especially in situations where it counts most, like our careers and intimate relationships.

While there’s nothing wrong with being nice and helping people, it can be overdone when we feel the need to edit ourselves and compromise on what’s important to us.

The key to finding balance is identifying when you're valuing the opinions of others far more than your own. Look out for these eight most common approval-seeking behaviors that diminish your self-esteem, which I’ve outlined in this episode.