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How can I be nice without being too nice?
How to stop being so nice
- Stop looking for your worth outside of yourself.
- Be aware of the thoughts leading to your people-pleasing.
- Imagine yourself saying standing up for yourself.
- Remember – You’re not responsible for others’ feelings.
- Take a risk.
How do I stop being naive and nice?
Here are a few tips to help you say goodbye to being gullible and get a bit more clued up, without becoming disillusioned.
- Think before you speak or act.
- Don’t be afraid of sitting on the fence.
- Be over-cautious.
- Be more present.
- Listen attentively.
- Do the research.
- Continue to be trusting of other people.
What’s being nice?
Being nice is when you are polite to people and treat people well. Being kind is when you care about people and show you care. Sometimes you can be kind to someone even though you aren’t nice to them and you can certainly be nice to someone but also be unkind.
What does it mean to be too nice?
“Too nice” is the person who is afraid to set boundaries. “Too nice” is the person who is afraid to say no. “Too nice” is the person who I used to be (and still am, sometimes).
What goes a long way to being nice to someone?
What goes a long way to being nice is that you’re more likely to blame yourself than anyone else: It’s your fault, you should have known better, you did something that caused the other person to act the way they did, though you really have no idea what that may be.
Why is it bad to surround yourself with nice people?
We can fall into a false sense of security and complacency, offering too much out to people that may not respect or return the same niceness, and find ourselves hurt in the process. It’s good to surround yourself with kind and nice people, but it’s not so good to lose sight of the difficult nature of humanity and the rest of the world.
Is it possible to be a nice person in the world?
The world can be a dark place where positivity and kindness are hard to find… …yet, there are many nice people out there who try to take on that darkness by letting their own kind light shine. It’s an admirable desire and quality in any person. Unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of suffering, negativity, and selfishness in the world.