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#390 You Can’t Fill Their Bucket

mindset self-worth sense of self Dec 15, 2025

Many of us grew up hearing about the bucket analogy, an we were taught to believe that we could fill other people’s buckets by complimenting them or telling them great things about themselves. In this podcast I propose that we can’t fill anyone else’s bucket. That filling our bucket is a job that only we can do, and when we expect others to fill our bucket, it only leads to the destruction of our relationships.

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Many of us grew up hearing about the bucket analogy, an we were taught to believe that we could fill other people’s buckets by complimenting them or telling them great things about themselves. In this podcast I propose that we can’t fill anyone else’s bucket. That filling our bucket is a job that only we can do, and when we expect others to fill our bucket, it only leads to the destruction of our relationships.

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