Ep.152 ~ Being Nice Versus Honest ~ Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous-Podcast

2020-10-20

Are you more comfortable being nice or being honest?? How often do you feel you have to be “nice” rather than honest? So often people short change the other person and themselves by reducing their feedback, whether at work or in their personal lives, to “being nice”, when they could provide valuable communication if they were simply, and respectfully honest. Why would you avoid telling the truth, in favor of being “nice”? Most people say it’s because they are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings. But think about it this way — as ...

Are you more comfortable being nice or being honest??

How often do you feel you have to be “nice” rather than honest?

So often people short change the other person and themselves by reducing their feedback, whether at work or in their personal lives, to “being nice”, when they could provide valuable communication if they were simply, and respectfully honest.

Why would you avoid telling the truth, in favor of being “nice”?

Most people say it’s because they are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings. But think about it this way — as the Dean of my graduate school once said, “Nice folks leave a wake of destruction in their path.”

So make sure to listen as we unpack that bit of true wisdom!

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