Validation. We all need validation, for someone to tell us that we are doing well, that we are doing the right thing and are on the right path. The problem is we look for that validation in the wrong place. We seek external validation from friends, family, teachers etc but we need to turn that need inwards and validate ourselves. We need to trust our own instincts and know what we are doing is the right thing for ourselves. We also need to congratulate and applaud ourselves for our achievements. Yes it is nice to receive recognition from other people but let that be the icing on the cake. You need to be the cake. You are the foundation. You need to believe it first otherwise you give far too much power to other people who may not always have your best interests at heart and if you do not really believe it yourself when you hear it from others you will be incapable of accepting it. Love and trust yourself first.
A black swan event is an incident that occurs randomly and unexpectedly and has wide-spread ramifications. The event is usually followed with reflection and a flawed rationalization that it was inevitable. The phrase illustrates the frailty of inductive reasoning and the danger of making sweeping generalizations from limited observations. The term came from the idea that if a man saw a thousand swans and they were all white, he might logically conclude that all swans are white. The flaw in his logic is that even when the premises are true, the conclusion can still be false. In other words, just because the man has never seen a black swan, it does not mean they do not exist. As Dutch explorers discovered in 1697, black swans are simply outliers -- rare birds, unknown to Europeans until Willem de Vlamingh and his crew visited Australia. Statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb uses the phrase black swan as a metaphor for how humans deal with unpredictable events in his 2007...
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