A people-pleaser is someone who hasn't been gifted the opportunity to see that their own reality and perspectives could be acceptable to many people, resulting in such a low threshold for accepting their own ideas that they only feel loved when submitting to surrounding authorities.

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Speaker

Alain de Botton

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“a people pleaser... hasn't been gifted the opportunity to see that their own reality could be acceptable to many many people”

Source

Alain de Botton on A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY— The School of Life
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:13:11 PM

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