117: 10 Signs You’re a People Pleaser
People pleasing is kind of like a disease. You just want to excise it like a tumor.
You might people-please because you think others will like and accept you if you say yes to everything, but that really isn’t the case. Or you might not even be aware of your people-pleasing tendencies at all!
How do you know for sure, then, that you’re a people pleaser? Everyone is, to some extent, but some are more prone to it than others.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn how to quickly identify the 10 signs of being a people pleaser. And as a preview for next week, I’ll also give you a quick tip on how to begin breaking out of this pattern, starting right now!
What’s Covered in This Episode About If You're a People Pleaser:
4:18 - Sign #1: You have “nodding head syndrome.”
5:42 - Sign #2: You feel responsible for this.
7:32 - Sign #3: You’re an apologist in this way.
8:15 - Sign #4: You feel burdened by this.
10:33 - Sign #5: You find it hard to do this with people.
11:35 - Sign #6: You feel uncomfortable when this happens.
13:22 - Sign #7: You act like a copycat in these situations.
15:44 - Sign #8: You need to receive this in order to feel good.
17:00 - Sign #9: You go to great lengths to avoid this situation.
18:26 - Sign #10: You can’t admit to someone how you really feel when this happens.
20:04 - Quick recap of the signs and how you can start to get out of the people pleasing habit
Mentioned In 10 Signs You’re a People Pleaser
Quotes from this Episode of Time to Level Up
"A lot of people pleasing stems from some self-worth issues and we humans think that saying yes to everything that is asked of us will help us feel accepted or liked." - Andrea Liebross
"Pretending to agree just because you want to be liked can cause you to do things that go against who you are." - Andrea Liebross
"Thinking that you actually have the power to make someone happy is a problem in and of itself." - Andrea Liebross
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