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Kinda Nice
Too often, the people we ask for feedback are nice but not kind. Kind people will tell you things a nice person will not. A kind person will tell you that you have spinach on your teeth. A nice person won’t because it’s uncomfortable. A kind person will tell us what holds us back, even when it’s uncomfortable. A nice person avoids giving us critica
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Being nice is all about making the other person feel good. Being kind is about providing them with what they actually need. Nice is about feelings. Kindness is about concrete help. And if you want to do great work together, you should aim to be kind rather than nice.
Being polite is withholding feedback to make someone feel good today. Being kind is being candid about how they can get better tomorrow.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
Kindness doesn't mean niceness. Ultimately, I think it means realism.
Jane Ratcliffe • The Kindness Person: A Conversation with George Saunders
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Do not confuse with compassionate. A compassionate person may be what we call nice and polite, but compassion does not try to be nice and polite. Nice and polite come from conditioning. Compassion comes from the Heart and our shared connectedness.
Cheri Huber • There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
A reminder from Clear Thinking :
“Too often, the people we ask for feedback are nice but not kind. Kind people will tell you things a nice person will not. A kind person will tell you that you have spinach on your teeth. A nice person won’t because it’s uncomfortable. A kind person will tell us what holds us back, even when it’s uncomfortable. A ni... See more
“Too often, the people we ask for feedback are nice but not kind. Kind people will tell you things a nice person will not. A kind person will tell you that you have spinach on your teeth. A nice person won’t because it’s uncomfortable. A kind person will tell us what holds us back, even when it’s uncomfortable. A ni... See more
Brain Food: Seldom Offend
The true power of kindness is that it lets you go from annoyed, irritated, even angry to accepting (or maybe even loving).
Albert Wenger • The Power of Kindness
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