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How to Quiet Self-Criticism When Writing

How to Quiet Self-Criticism When Writing

Shift from people-pleasing to service.

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Rose Ernst
Sep 12, 2019
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Move from people-pleasing to service

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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. — Michael Jordan

For most of my life, I thought I was being of service. Now I realize how much I was people-pleasing.

Not only that, I thought people-pleasing was a weak, but still …

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