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ARE YOU TOO NICE
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD? How being too nice is bad for your career, relationships and health and what to do about it
— BY HELEN SNAPE You are a nice person. Caring, thoughtful, empathetic and kind. The world needs more people like you. But are you too nice for your own good?
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE TOO NICE? You get overlooked for the promotions. Your workload is increased whereas some of your colleagues seem to do very little. You never get a pay rise. And no one seems to hear what you have to say in meetings. You complain yet stay in toxic work environments. In your relationships outside of work you may find you keep getting into unhealthy relationships, or staying in them too long. You find it hard to get your needs met. Although you
If any of this is sounding familiar, you are
may love someone very much, you don’t feel the
not alone, it’s not your fault and you can do
level of intimacy or connection you would like.
something about it.
You certainly have no time for your own hobbies and interests (if you even know what they are).
WHERE DOES ALL THIS COME FROM?
You find you don’t have time to look after
As children, we pick up both verbal and non-
yourself. You feel constantly tired.
verbal messages from our parents or caretakers
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