From the course: Create Healthy Self-Esteem: Know Your Worth

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You don't have anything to prove to anyone

You don't have anything to prove to anyone

From the course: Create Healthy Self-Esteem: Know Your Worth

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You don't have anything to prove to anyone

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- When we recognize that it's not our external circumstances that make us valuable as a person or not, the desire to prove ourselves also tends to fade away. And by that, I mean, that we stop feeling like we need to show off or in any way demonstrate our value to the people around us. Now, don't get me wrong, someone with healthy self-esteem will and should still demonstrate their skills and knowledge as a potential employee if they go to a job interview, or by doing great work to show their boss that they're good at their job, especially if they're looking for promotions or salary increases, or by demonstrating their skills for their friends or participating in classes and competitions and so on. But they'll do that either because that's what the situation requires of everyone, such as in the professional world, or simply because they enjoy doing it and not because they feel they need to in order to gain approval or some sort…

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