The Silent Damage of Insecurity.....

The Silent Damage of Insecurity...

Whether you are at home with family, in your B-School, or at your workplace — there is one aspect of human behaviour that quietly changes relationships, environments, energy, and at times even growth trajectories - #Insecurity.

And the interesting part is that Insecurity rarely enters loudly. It quietly shows up through non-verbal behaviour.

Expressions change. Energy shifts.
Reactions vary.

Sometimes it appears as silent irritation when others receive appreciation.
Sometimes as unnecessary competition where none actually exists.

Sometimes as suddenly wanting involvement in activities and rooms that never mattered earlier.... only because someone else got recognised for them.

Some times attempting to take credit from someone else efforts 

Some times acting to full of oneslf or flaunting on long past glories

Sometimes behaving as though without them nothing can move

Sometimes not understanding that even constructive critism connotes activities not people 

Sometimes even  as dismissiveness. And sometimes as the inability to genuinely applaud the growth of a cousin, classmate, friend, or colleague.

Sadly, many people do not realise that insecurity damages the person carrying it far more than anything or anyone else.

Because very slowly, almost invisibly, insecurity shifts focus.

From: “What do I genuinely believe in?”
“What value can I create?” “What work feels meaningful, needed or expected of me ?”

To: “I should also do what they are doing”
(that too only after I saw them being seen)

And that is where authenticity quietly begins getting lost. Because not every journey is meant to look the same.

Not every strength is meant to look the same.

Not every contribution is meant to come from the same space.

Real impact is created when people engage in work that genuinely feels meaningful, needed, aligned with their strengths, and connected to a larger purpose.

But the moment actions become driven only by someone else’s recognition, any and every unrequired aspect slowly tends to replace contribution.

Very honestly, recognition is usually just a by-product. Ofcourse we all want to be recognised and grow. But it all starts with real growth that stems from consistency, and authenticity , in turn travels with you to recognition.

Secure individuals do not effort to build for applause. They effort to build because they genuinely believe in what is needed and matters to the self is in sync with the larger picture and in turn gracefully accept due credits. They continue to live their journeys, of aligning people and purposes. 

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