Related to the above, I\u2019m going all Bren\u00e9 Brown-like on peeps in my life and letting them know I\u2019m not \u201cnice!\u201d<\/p>\n
Or, in practice, I\u2019m flat out letting them know that I actually loathe the word<\/strong>. It\u2019s bland, hollow, Kumbaya-esk in energy. It gives no depth, no color, no authentic vulnerability.<\/p>\n But, KIND.. well\u2026 a completely different story. You see, my experience is that any self-identity of “nice” often leads to passive-repressive, people-pleasing behaviors (i.e., telling people what they want to hear).<\/p>\n I\u2019ve found that when you approach your interpersonal connections through a “kind” mind \u2014 attached to a curious, empathic, caring soul \u2014 you maintain that head-to-heart connection so often needed to ensure cooperation, alignment and win-win arrangements.<\/p>\n From there, heart, drive, and passion tend to be a natural offshoot !<\/p>\n ~ Barry Goss<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Related to the above, I\u2019m going all Bren\u00e9 Brown-like on peeps in my life and letting them know I\u2019m not \u201cnice!\u201d Or, in practice, I\u2019m flat out letting them know that I actually loathe the word. It\u2019s bland, hollow, Kumbaya-esk in energy. It gives no depth, no color, no authentic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[667],"class_list":["post-4165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-growth","tag-jordan-peterson"],"yoast_head":"\n