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“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Somewhere along the road it seems that we pick up the need to please people . Not everyone of course, but companions, family members, employers, associates, and the law are usually top of the list. I’m sure if you asked someone if they were a people pleaser, they would most likely deny it and probably take offense, but if they analyze their conduct in an unbiased fashion, they would most likely see the small details that can leave them corrected and intrigued by their own conformity.

I, a self proclaimed non-conformist must say, that after some current events and hard thought, I realize that I have become in many ways, no different than most worldly, approval seeking, people pleaser's. The professionals would most likely trace it back to our childhoods and are probably right. Parenting good or bad has shaped our thinking in many ways, but our parents or overseers can’t take credit for all of it., we picked up the ball along the way, and have been running with it ever since.

How does it happen…?
I would say gradually. We have definitely been programmed or at least our behavior has been modified to maintain our role in society.