The best way to get approval is not to need it.

As my friend Hugh MacLeod says, “The best way to get approval is to not need it.

… the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

The easiest way to cope with complexity is not having it.

the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

I reminded myself that the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

The easiest way to avoid criticism is to avoid being open. It’s also the easiest way to avoid being loved.

One learns not to need by needing.

when you do not seek or need external approval, you are at your most powerful.

The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.

This is Ze Frank, thinking so you don't have to. (Standard sign-off for "The Show"; varies at times).

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

When we approve of people, we sit in judgment of them as surely as when we criticize them. ...To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgment, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. This is as true of the approval we give ourselves as it is of the approval we offer others. Approval can't be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it.

If you can avoid seeking the approval of others, your power is limitless.