VALIDATION – REVISED

An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it.
-Mandy Hale

How necessary is it to for us to have validation?

In terms of needing it, not very necessary at all in most aspects of life. Wanting it, however, is a different story. As human beings, we want validation for everything we do. We like compliments. We like people agreeing with us.

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THE HECK WITH CRITICS

“If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.”
-Malcolm X

What or who are critics? People who assess your work and critique it is usually the more common conception. And while that may be true, we often forget one basic definition: criticism is just an opinion.

Now I’ve written about this subject before. But when I wrote about it previously, I wrote about it from the point of view as a writer.

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