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Summary of Stop Checking Your Likes 

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How often do you make a decision or a choice for yourself? How often do you care very little what other people think of you? Rarely! Most of us are too involved with what other people think or feel about what we're doing, and the truth is, we're letting life pass us by. "Stop Checking Your Likes" has nothing to do with social media and everything to do with your tendency to seek out approval from others. Susie Moore shares the nuggets of wisdom she has learned through her own life, having grown up in poverty and escaping an abusive relationship with her father. If you want to care less what others think and only care about what you think, this is the book for you! "But ultimately, the only way to lasting happiness is to live your life as an imperfect but first-rate version of yourself. It's far too easy to forget that." ~ Susie Moore

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Avoid the approval trap for future happiness

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Susie Moore did not have an easy upbringing. Dealing with an abusive, alcoholic father, caring for her depressed mother, and growing up in a woman's shelter, you can understand why she moved halfway across the world to find happiness! However, she also realized that satisfaction isn't always where you think it's going to be.

At 19 years old, Moore married the man she thought she would grow old with, but over time, she realized that they were fatally incompatible. That didn't stop her. She assumed on her wedding day that everything was going to be fine from here on out and that she'd finally reached the point of total happiness. When it didn't work out, she started to feel bad about herself, assuming that she had let everyone down.

This is something we all tend to do — it's not the problem that we feel so bad about. It's not the fallout for us; it's what we assume others will think of us due to what has happened. Put simply, we have a constant need for approval from those around us.
Becoming concerned with what other people think about you is a fast–track route towards dissatisfaction in life.
“Stop Checking Your Likes” isn't about social media at all; it's a metaphor for the fact that we have all become utterly obsessed with external approval, as though that somehow increases our overall sense of self–worth. Most of the time, we don't even realize we're doing it, but the cost to our happiness is massive. You can make your own choices, and you simply need to recognize that the only approval you need is your own.

Moore calls this the “approval trap.”

For instance, you might really love someone, but you know that your family will never approve because he doesn't have a high–flying job. As a result, you let the relationship slide. Perhaps you want to pursue a career in music, but the fact that your siblings are all doctors means that you feel duty–bound to follow in their footsteps. As a result, you abandon your dream for the approval of your family. Seeking out approval will never lead to happiness.
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Forgive your parents' mistakes; they're only human

It's easy to forget that your mother and father are human beings, too. They're prone to making mistakes, being selfish at times, or simply making the wrong choices in life. Susie Moore speaks from a place of experience, especially as her father was an alcoholic, and she experienced a lot of upheaval and drama during her childhood.
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You're not the only one who doesn't have a clue

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Harness the power of "so what?" and understand what truly matters in life

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Lighten up! Life isn't meant to be taken so seriously

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Learn to trust your intuition

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Rejection isn’t a full stop

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