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External ValidationGenerational ConcernsSelf-Destruction I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.
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Drake

AnxietyExternal ValidationInsecurityOverestimationSelf-awareness I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.

Christopher Hitchens

British-American author and journalist
Career DecisionsExternal ValidationSocial PressureSurvivalYouth We're always looking over our shoulders, 'what they will think, what the press will think, what will this one - am I making the right career move?' When you're young you have to do all that to survive, I suppose.

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh Actor
External ValidationHappiness DependencyInner StrengthSelf Reliance The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer
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