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Validate me

Validate me

As creatives we struggle with fair amount of self-doubt. How do we free ourselves from relying on external validation of our efforts? How do we fight impostor syndrome and confirmation bias? How do we prevent ourselves from falling into the burnout and depression pit, or more importantly how do we recover?

Karolina Szczur

September 12, 2014
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  1. SOCIETY HUGELY PRESSURES US TO ACHIEVE. APPROVAL IS CONFUSED WITH

    LOVE AND WORTHINESS. SELF-WORTH BECOMES DEPENDENT ON ACHIEVING.
  2. SOCIETY HUGELY PRESSURES US TO ACHIEVE. APPROVAL IS CONFUSED WITH

    LOVE AND WORTHINESS. SELF-WORTH BECOMES DEPENDENT ON ACHIEVING.
  3. SOCIETY HUGELY PRESSURES US TO ACHIEVE. APPROVAL IS CONFUSED WITH

    LOVE AND WORTHINESS. SELF-WORTH BECOMES DEPENDENT ON ACHIEVING.
  4. “WE ARE WHAT WE PRETEND TO BE, SO WE MUST

    BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE PRETEND TO BE” “Mother Night”—Kurt Vonnegut
  5. “NOBODY REALLY PUSHES CREATIVE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS THEY PUSH

    THEMSELVES” “Invisible Office Hours: Side Projects”—Paul Jarvis
  6. YOU

  7. “YOU CAN’T IMPROVE THE THINGS YOU LOVE IF YOU NEVER

    ALLOW THEM TO BE IMPERFECT” “You Are Now Less Dumb”—David McRaney
  8. “YOU ARE NOT YOUR IDEA, AND IF YOU IDENTIFY TOO

    CLOSELY WITH YOUR IDEA, YOU WILL TAKE OFFENCE WHEN THEY ARE CHALLENGED” “Creativity, Inc.”—Ed Catmull