On Being Nice

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Exploring a much forgotten quality.Most books that want to change us seek to make us richer or thinner. This book wants to help us to be nicer: that is, less irritable, more patien t, readier to listen, warmer, less prickly. Niceness may not have the immediate allure of money or fame, but it is a hugely important quality nevertheless and one that we neglect at our peril.This is a guidebook to the uncharted landscape of niceness, gently leading us around the key themes of this forgotten quality. We learn how to be charitable, how to forgive, how to be natural, and how to reassure. We learn that niceness is compatible with strength and is no indicator of naivety. Niceness deserves to be rediscovered as one of the highest of all human achievements. Product details Format Hardback | 144 pages Dimensions 120 x 178 x 15mm | 249.48g Publication date 22 May 2018 Publisher The School of Life Press Publication City/Country United Kingdom Language English Illustrations note 6 Halftones, color ISBN10 0995573646 ISBN13 9780995573642 Show more