Kind and nice — the two words seem to be synonymous, but there are key differences in how genuinely kind people act and how people just being nice act. Kindness comes from honoring one's own ...

They might not realize how their kindness gets in the way of how they view themselves. Being nice is a trait that many people appreciate. People genuinely enjoy being around someone who's thoughtful ...

When I first started out as a therapist, I had the naive assumption that everyone who came to therapy ultimately wanted to be happy. I quickly came to realize that not only was this not the case, ...

Men have been told that being “nice” is the golden ticket to a woman’s heart for years. Be polite, open doors, avoid conflict, and you’ll be seen as a good catch. But ask any woman today, and you’ll ...

Being truly kind is a pleasant sensation: offering space in your heart, listening rather than talking, assisting wherever needed. However, there is a peculiar solitude that tends to accompany this ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I used to try hard to be nice, but I’m over that now — and I want others to get over it, too. Because at work, “being nice” is a trap.

Heather Elkington was on the brink of a major career milestone: helping to sell the startup she’d helped scale, GoProposal, to a global corporate powerhouse. As the Operations Director, she’d been the ...