Not nice : stop people pleasing, staying silent, & feeling guilty-- and start speaking up, saying no, asking boldly, and unapologetically being yourself

Author

Aziz Gazipura

Call Number

• 158.2 G289 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Portland, OR : B.C. Allen Publishing & Tonic Books, [2017]

Physical Description

503 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

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

Contents

• What is nice?
• Please like me
• Guilt bubble
• Don't be mad
• The high cost of nice
• Operation: liberate
• Have boundaries
• Own your shadow
• Speak up
• Be more selfish
• Say no
• Increase your discomfort tolerance
• Choose your rules
• 100% you
• Your BTB 30-day action plan.