Breaking Free from Approval-Seeking: Embrace Self-Validation in Leadership

Please stop waiting for validation.

Looking outwards for approval.

Or for someone to give you a pat on the back.

If you’re looking for your boss, peers, clients, colleagues, or anyone else to validate you.

You’ll be on an endless search.

And often a constant lack of fulfillment.

You have the ability to validate yourself.

To define whom you want to be as a leader.

How you want to show up for your team.

For your clients, peers, colleagues, and organization.

And then live by that.

Right now.

It all starts with you doing the internal work.

Validating yourself.

Honoring you.

No one can do that for you.