Validation

Using her reaction as the scoreboard

Validation

Dice (Commons). Validation-seeking makes her reaction the scoreboard.
Field	Inner game
Also known as	validation-seeking, seeking approval
Origin	Common; pickup usage neediness
Related	Neediness; Outcome independence; Qualification (pickup); Tryhard

Validation in this jargon is using her reaction as the scoreboard: you need the laugh, the number, the reply. It is the inner face of neediness. Qualifying yourself (résumé, money talk) is the outer face.

In practice

In practice: you can want her and still not need this one. That is outcome independence. The Newbie assignment collects blowouts so the scoreboard stops being a single face.

See also

• Neediness
• Outcome independence
• Tryhard
• Qualification (pickup)
• Congruence