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Nic Voge - What self worth theory says about your motivation

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Self-Worth Theory - The Whole Life

Nick Vogue is the director of learning programs at Princeton University. He says that if we associate our worth with outcomes we achieve, think about how less likely we are to take risks and to try new things. "Self-worth theory posits that as human beings, ["we have this paramount psychological need"] to maintain a sense of ourselves," he says.

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