
A significant aspect of the need for approval & validation from others has evolved out of social media and the way people frame themselves and their identity based on how others respond to their posts.
However approval & validation seeking can led to constantly striving for nonstop perfection can lead to unhappiness & burnout at work & in your personal life.

In most cases, you were probably able to turn the situation around and it likely helped you grow as a professional.
When you break it down, disapproval is a form of feedback.

However, if you concentrate on a process that you can control, you can reduce the power that approval has over you. For example, maybe you strive to become more disciplined, so you’re seen as more effective — and therefore, more deserving of a promotion.
