Jake Burhans argues that feeling "not enough" inside drives people to chase external things like money, status, and relationships to feel okay. Michael Singer calls this universal inner inadequacy the root of most human striving. The real problem isn't what you lack outside, it's the discomfort you're running from within.
most people are doing in their life is they're creating at it because they're not enough. Michael Singer says it best. Hey, you're not— this is the thing, right? You're not okay on the inside, and that's the reality of it, okay? Most people, we're all not okay on the inside, and we spend our whole life trying to chase things in the external world to make us feel okay on the inside. What does that mean? A relationship, a job, a status, a title, a college degree, a certain amount of money. Likes on our social media posts, certain foods, certain travel, cars, this, that, movies. You're just chasing things in the external environment because you don't feel okay on the inside. Why? Because you feel like you're not enough, right?
