Being Nice

Are you too nice? If you find it hard to be assertive, directly ask for what you want, or say "no" to others, then you just might be suffering from too much niceness. In this controversial book, world-renowned confidence expert, Dr. Aziz Gazipura, takes an incisive look at the concept of nice. Through his typical style, Dr. Aziz uses engaging stories, humor, and disarming vulnerability to cut through the nice conditioning and liberate the most bold, expressive, authentic version of you.

Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home bat invasions, an obsession with online personality tests, and the mortification of taking ballroom dance lessons with her actor husband. She describes hilarious red-carpet fiascos and other observations from the sidelines of fame, while also touching upon her more poignant struggles with alcoholism, her love for her family, her dogs, and so much more.

Stop Being Nice exposes the hidden truths of dark psychology and how to protect yourself from them. With practical tools and sharp insights, you’ll build unshakable inner strength and ethical influence. Whether you're escaping toxic dynamics or stepping into your power, this book is your guide to becoming unapologetically confident.

Done Being Nice: A Book of Affirmations is not your average self-help fluff. This is for those who’ve swallowed their rage, smiled through abuse, and been told to “be nice” while being torn apart. Anger IS an appropriate response to abuse. This is not a book of spiritual gaslighting, toxic positivity, or pretending it didn't happen. This is for the truth tellers, the ones who don't gloss over abuse for appearances, because only the truth can set you free. This is your permission slip to burn the rulebook, reclaim your voice, and say the things you weren’t allowed to say out loud—...

What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with cliches? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith.

Recovering nice guy Paul Coughlin points the way for all men who yearn to live lives of boldness and conviction - like Jesus. Using anecdotes from his own life, powerful and poignant stories, and vivid examples from our culture, Coughlin shows how men can say no to the "nice guy" syndrome and yes to lives of purpose, passion, and vitality.

What if your deepest wound wasn’t that they took too much... But that you kept giving? In this raw, unfiltered dispatch from the heart, Anton Volney pulls back the curtain on a lifelong habit that nearly destroyed him—pathological over-giving. Trained from childhood to win love by being useful, he found himself in a pattern of one-sided relationships, emotional exhaustion, and invisible self-abandonment. But then something snapped. This isn’t a book about being “nice.” It’s about waking up. About seeing the invisible contracts you never agreed to. And about reclaiming the power ...

Are you too nice for your own good? Do family members manipulate you? Do coworkers take advantage of you? If this sounds familiar, listen to The Nice Girl Syndrome. In this breakthrough guide, renowned author and therapist Beverly Engel, who has helped thousands of women recognize and leave emotionally abusive relationships, can show you how to take control of your life and take care of yourself.

Much of today's media tells us to be thinner, richer, and more successful. This book tells us how to be nicer. Niceness may not have the immediate allure of money or fame, but we can all benefit from practical advice on how to be more patient, better at listening, less irritable, and less defensive. This is a guidebook to the uncharted landscape of niceness, gently exploring the key themes of this often overlooked quality.

Are you tired of being disrespected? Are you ready to do what it takes for you to have healthy relationships? I bet you have tried all the tips and tricks peddled on the internet on how to set boundaries, and you've painfully realized, 'none of these things work!' Well, I found the missing link in your boundary setting work. Within the pages of this book I will help you understand the Psychology behind why you struggle to set boundaries, and then I will share with you the boundaries framework you can start using today to set healthy boundaries. No tips, no tricks, no quick fixes. Just a ...

Meet Julia Bancroft. Fabulous, talented, beautiful…deluded and friendless. You won’t like her at first but maybe her ‘nice’ lessons might change your mind? Being nice doesn't come naturally to (self-proclaimed) renowned Regency romance author, Julia. But when her husband walks out on her and she realises she has no friends, she faces a future of dying alone with the pesky cats eating her face. Thankfully, she doesn't have any cats but drastic times call for drastic measures. Guided (reluctantly) by her annoyingly wholesome new neighbour, Julia dives into the horrors of small talk, ...

Neurotic people-pleasing habits can damage you. It can hurt you physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially. Because people view you as weak, you become an easy target for users and abusers. That is why it is important to learn how to say “no” from time to time. How to Stop Being Too Nice offers valuable information about the ways you can stop yourself from wanting to please others at your expense.

Every great leader who changed this world for the better refused to be nice. This is a book about performance, and human performance cannot excel if we are unhealthy. Far too many of our most important teams—from our families to our work units—are unhealthy and weak. What is to blame? Being nice!

It's not easy being the nice guy. Would you rather your man be genuine or nice? Don't you want honesty? To be the nice guy I must constantly look for your best traits, admire them, remind you how much I appreciate them (but, not too often as that would be creepy), and avoid any sensitive areas. This is a chore I must endure if I'm to maintain any friends or lovers. Sad. Well, this book in my Nice Guy series lays out a bunch of crass, sarcastic, swear-word-laden essays chronicling my best efforts, which have failed because I still have two cats and zero vaginas in my bed. I hope that you ...

Many people suffer from Nice Guy Syndrome - they're held back from higher levels of success by being too selfless at work. It's a tricky problem, because if you start to think that being nice is bad, it's easy to overcompensate with selfishness, intimidation, and intense aggression. The founders of Nice Guy Strategies teach that nice is not about being weak or soft - that you can hang on to your morals, compassion, and sincerity and still get ahead.

“And, at the center of it all, am I actually nice or am I just performing a role I think I’m expected to play?” Mia Mercado is a razor-sharp cultural critic and essayist known for her witty and hilarious dissections of the uncomfortable truths that rule our lives. In this thought-provoking collection of new essays, Mercado examines what it means to be “polite,” “agreeable,” and “nice.” She covers topics from the subtleties of the “Bad Bitch” and why women dominate the ASMR market, to what makes her dog an adorable little freak and how you know if you’re shy.

You’re not too sensitive. You’re not overthinking it. You’ve just been trained—by family, culture, work, and relationships—to care about everyone else’s comfort more than your own. Care Less, Live More is a sharp, no-fluff guide to breaking free from people-pleasing so you can finally prioritize your own clarity, time, and truth without apology. This isn’t a book about becoming selfish. It’s about becoming sovereign. Every chapter dismantles a lie you were taught: that being “good” means being agreeable, that boundaries are rude, that you must manage other people’s ...

Tired of being stuck in the friendzone? Confused by mixed signals and frustrated by failed connections? You’re not alone—and it’s not your fault. Most men were never taught how attraction really works. This is not another cringey dating guide filled with cheesy pickup lines. This book is your no-BS playbook for transforming into the kind of man women naturally desire and respect—without losing your authenticity. Inside, you’ll learn: Why "nice guys" finish last—and what to do instead How to build unshakable confidence without being fake The secret signals women send (and how to ...

Be an asshole. This is a journey from nice to world dominance. Learn the art and skill of being a confident asshole, asserting your position. Understand the nature of your “false self” created to appease loved ones and employers. Navigate away from thought patterns and habits that have placed you low on the dominance spectrum and has turned your loved ones and work colleagues into entitled tyrants. Escape the failing methods of being the “nice guy (or girl).” This unique and confrontational book covers:

During a TV interview with a comedian, journalist Rebecca Reid found herself unable to get a word in edgewise. So, when she put her finger to her lips and shushed him, she became instantly known on the internet as “Rebecca Rude”. It was only then that she realized that being rude could actually be her superpower. Exploring famous women who have been perceived as rude - including Princess Margaret, Anna Wintour, Taylor Swift, Meghan Markle, and others - Rude demonstrates how those women used their “rudeness” to get what they want and deserve out of life.