On balance, the individual's view of him or her self should be positive. A person with this view of themselves will be motivated to seek greater positive advantages in their lives. They may be more willing to venture, to dare, or to be a risk taker.

In fact, this is the major characteristic of a person who not only seeks his or her own approval, but has found it. He or she is not content with the routine. He or she will seek newer and betters ways. He or she will be quite willing to be alone, since the gains he or she makes will accrue to him or her self, and he or she does not propose to share them with others if they are really theirs.

In a significant sense, the individual seeking the approval of others is also seeking self-approval, for he can approve of himself because others approve.

Similarly, if the individual can approve of him or her self, he or she may find in this self-approval convincing evidence that others will approve as well.

As with our first two categories of desire, there is a definite difference in behavioral patterns evident when individuals are acting because they primarily seek self-approval, or when they are acting because they primarily seek the approval of others.