10 Empowering Ways to Be Less Nice and More Free
Authenticity is a rare and beautiful thing.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell
Nice people never rock the boat. They never speak up. They let people talk over them. Their opinions get dismissed and mocked. When good people don't stick up for themselves, the world gets overrun by pricks.
But being nice is not the same as being good. Being nice actually means being fake. It means not saying the things you desperately need to say. It means letting people harm you. It means never getting what you want. Some even say that all that fakeness can give you cancer.
You should be less nice, not for the sake of the world, but for the sake of you.
Here are 10 ways to be less nice and more free:
1. Make Your Needs Known
Putting other people’s needs before your own sounds noble, but it could just as easily be a way of hiding your needs. You are committing a crime against yourself by keeping your needs a secret. People would be willing to help you meet your needs if you…
