External validation and high Self-esteemPhoto by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashYes, you can achieve high self-esteem without external validation.Your confidence in your own worth and abilities contribute to your self-esteem. It's not something transient like external validation. At first, it might appear that external validation can easily help in boosting our self-esteem, but this thing is momentary. What if you don't receive the external validation you wanted? Will you start questi...