Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself

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He provides insights on how to become more assertive in daily life, nurturing more genuine and balanced relationships in the process. The most important takeaway from the book for me was to ensure that i take care of my needs and interests without fail rather than ignoring or sacrificing them for othres. Finish the book before you apply the practices - it feels amazing to liberate yourself, but read till the end.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.There are tractors, mazes, and some sort of green beret that's supposed to be a pumpkin stem that I'm really glad I don't have to wear. He comes across as so socially awkward and a little too blunt for his own good, yet he asks her for help with something big, which leads them have constant contact with each other. In Be Kind, Not Nice, you’ll discover how: To escape the vicious circle of people pleasing, being mistreated, frustration and addiction To become a more compassionate, kind person To love and accept yourself first To take better care of yourself and live a more authentic, empowered life To create positive, successful relationships at home, school and work If you’re a people-pleaser and can’t stop being nice, this book is for you. It's easy to read without having to trudge through psychobabble, and has lots of great examples, profound quotes and even an action list at the end to get you used to being less nice.

He doesn't focus very much on the, "how this person became the way they are" and then how they slowly became more "real", only focuses on how they had said one thing and somehow we are supposed to believe they changed after that one conversation. There’s a solid takeaway here for people who take on too much responsibility for the feelings of others, but I wonder if the advice within is really all that healthy. Aiden is grumpy and emotionally unavailable and hires Jenna to help him be less awkward with people so that he can run his family's sailboat business. This book is an absolutely necessary read for someone with anxiety, someone with internal conflict of "where do I stand on this?Only when you feel fullfilled, happy for your self, then only you can give and spread love, joy and empathy towards others around you. I can honestly say without a doubt, that I am now the MOST assertive person I know, and I mean that with all the honesty in my heart.

I appreciate that it's pretty straightforward and yes almost cliche, but it still easily held my attention.It’s saying what you really think, expressing how you really feel, and sharing what’s true for you in that moment. It offered some good tips and practical pointers on how to approach both shadow-work and making lists of things that you want to change about yourself.

I find a mysterious fifty-dollar bill with a handwritten note on it that was donated to my family’s pumpkin patch by accident. The book is large, full of valuable and thoughtful observations that will make reading fast and pleasurable, it's got 15 chapters that I'm sure from each one of them you will extract knowledge that will stick with you and make you more aware in your everyday behaviors. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to gain more confidence and assertiveness in their personal and professional lives.If you want to be a person who is taken seriously and seen as a leader both in business and socially, you must learn how to communicate with a tone of certainty. Jenna spends her days working as an aesthetician in a spa and her weekends at her parents pumpkin farm. The author shares stories and examples abut how to stop letting the world around you control how you feel inside. All those hangouts we did not want to attend and the amount of things we say yes to but secretly feel resentful about are mere signs that we are NOT GENUINE with our true needs and wants.