What is it about us that needs validation? Or is it validation? Approved Stamp

Being the Best

Recently, I was reviewing answers to a question posed in LinkedIn.®

The question had to do with readers’ preferred method of receiving information. The discussion was closed and there was one answer selected as the Best Answer. What?

If you are asking me my opinion on my preferred method for receiving information, why is another person’s answer better than mine?

I suspect the author of the question recognizes the value of validation when it comes to a person’s business. However, for me, the author invalidated the opinions of the other readers.

Perhaps I’m a sore loser. Just how badly do we need validation?

You Like Me-You Really, Really Like Me

It is not just LinkedIn® where we battle for top billing or recognition.

We all measure success in different ways, such as:

  • Screen after screen of Comments
  • Thousand of Twitter followers, Facebook friends
  • The most downloads
  • The highest sales in e-books

A fellow writer, Carson Brackney, wrote an interesting post about all the experts who know just what you need to do.

What Carson shared was that the decisions you make are yours. Don’t let someone else tell you that you’re doing it wrong.

I would love to link you to the post; however, Carson is on hiatus, in the midst of “some big changes” (Carson’s words). There’s a man who is true to himself.

Whatever the measurement, we all look for success. Perhaps it is a validation of our business. Maybe it is simply gratifying. Who am I to say?

At the end of the day, how you measure yourself is what counts.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie

How do you measure success?

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