How Being Helpful to Others in Times of Need Makes People Feel Good About Themselves
In a reassuring animation, the gently insightful School of Life explains how the need and desire to be helpful to others in their times of need can help a person feel better about themselves. Additionally, they observe that most people have a powerful need to be needed, and with that, a desire to prove our worth through demonstrated action. This also means that feeling left out in any way can lead to self-doubt.
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