This is a great piece on why external validation makes for insecure people (works the other way round as well)
Too real.
medium.com/@wgalyean/advi…
Too real.
medium.com/@wgalyean/advi…
The pursuit of accomplishment is most healthy when done without a need for external validation. 
Some of the most successful people are wildly insecure.
There's definitely a connection between your mental model of yourself (measuring self worth) and the amount of effort you're willing to put in (moderate correlation with success) to achieve something.
There's definitely a connection between your mental model of yourself (measuring self worth) and the amount of effort you're willing to put in (moderate correlation with success) to achieve something.
Thanks @wgalyean for writing this; struck a chord with me.
