Consequences
Our desire to be liked can keep us from doing things that are important to us because we will be preoccupied with weighing what others think and what they may say.
We won’t be able to try new things because we’ll worry about what people will think if we’re not good at them. All of this will only increase the pressure and worry related to living up to expectations.
Eventually, it will prevent us from discovering our true selves.
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