Jerry Lin explains how rejection and betrayal create an automatic reflex to seek approval from others. He offers a five-second method: notice when you're asking "Do they like me?" then anchor your worth in your own decisions instead. A free assessment measures how deeply approval addiction runs in your reflexes.
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I wanted to talk to you tonight about approval addiction. People who've been rejected, people who are insecure, especially people still walking around with the pain of rejection, they're always seeking approval. You get a new hairstyle and you want everybody who looks at you to smile in approval of that hairstyle. You go get an outfit and you want everybody to like it, not, "Where'd you get that?" We hate rejection and disapproval so much because your system was built to crave acceptance. When you get hit hit with a big rejection, a marriage breaking up, someone cheating on you, parents abusing you, it's not just a memory, it's a reflex being trained. There are so many people in this world hurting from the past things that have happened to them. And you can find a place inside yourself where you let go of those old patterns and become a new version of you. You can start all over brand new every day if you want to. If things didn't go so good this morning, you can start right now having a good day. You do that by noticing the approval reflex when it fires. Do they like me? Did they notice me? And choosing in the next 5 seconds to anchor your worth in your decisions, not in their reaction. If this is hitting home, take my free 10-minute, 5-second reflex assessment. In 10 minutes, you'll find out exactly how approval and rejections are wired into your reflexes and the first 5-second choice that starts freeing you from needing everyone else's yes.