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People-Pleasing Is Selfish But How Do We Stop?

What people-pleasing really is

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Joe Gibson
Jan 12, 2023
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What people-pleasing really is

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On this personal growth journey, I have had several wake-up calls, or hard truths hit me like a two-by-four. One of them was this: My people-pleasing tendencies were actually rooted in selfishness rather than the “good place” I originally had thought.

My attempts to people please weren’t …

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