Approval Addiction Is Just Energy Mismanagement
Once you get into the habit of making your own decisions, prioritising yourself before others, your desperate need for validation will calm down on its own.
Once you get into the habit of making your own decisions, prioritising yourself before others, your desperate need for validation will calm down on its own.
All it needs is mindfulness, improved habits, and adequate physical activity to ensure that the hyperactivity doesn’t transform into something fearful.
Is that a smart parenting strategy – rushing in to fix everything, or should it be doing less so they learn by themselves?
Social progress can be measured through its civic sensibility. This is what separates a developed society from a developing one.
What matters more is that you show up every day no matter what. Do as much as possible. Find new ways of sticking to the routine if the your schedule gets disrupted.
When you follow up the new connection, you create an impression that you were genuinely interested in meeting and interacting with them.
True networking isn’t about collecting contacts—it’s about connecting with empathy. Learn to listen, understand, and build authentic relationships that last in an age of digital noise.
If you want your children to develop their thinking and not just react, then reintroduce them to the quiet company of books.