I read an article by Neil Pasricha (a happiness guru) in the paper recently discussing his 3 steps for self-acceptance. And you need self-acceptance to be happy. He uses himself as an example, saying he hid the fact that he worked for Walmart. He kept apologizing for it, which he says is self-judgement. Finally he accepted that he worked at Walmart and owned the fact. You have no responsibility to be what others expect you to be. It's their mistake, not my failing he says. Thereby he removed self-judgement. Accepting yourself communicates confidence.
Well, I thought this was very interesting, and good advice. Do you know people who define others by what they do for a living? It's their problem.
