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LoveReading Says
Part of the Lessons for Life series from The School of Life, On Being Nice is, in essence, a practical guide for how to be nice — a quality that’s all-too overlooked in a world that often measures success in monetary terms, and values, for example, fame and perceived notions of physical beauty over the likes of kindness and empathy.
The book begins with a fascinating run-down through reasons “we don’t really want to be nice”. Namely, it’s seen as being weak, it’s seen as being boring, it’s seen as being the antithesis to capitalist success, and it’s unsexy.
What follows are engaging thoughts on everything from the true meaning of charity, and being more compassionate and empathetic (especially towards “those who annoy us the most”), to the purpose of friendship. Lucid and thought-provoking, On Being Nice presents a pithy, convincing case for being exactly that.
Joanne Owen
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The School of Life: On Being Nice Synopsis
A practical guide to being nice.
Much of today's media tells us to be thinner, richer, and more successful. This book tells us how to be nicer. Niceness may not have the immediate allure of money or fame, but we can all benefit from practical advice on how to be more patient, better at listening, less irritable, and less defensive.
This is a guidebook to the uncharted landscape of niceness, gently exploring the key themes of this often overlooked quality. We learn how to be charitable, how to forgive, how to be natural, and how to reassure. We learn that, rather than indicating naivety, kindness and empathy are in fact unique strengths-and deserve to be rediscovered as the greatest of all human achievements.
- RECONSIDERS NICENESS as a powerful and effective quality.
- A PRACTICAL GUIDE to practicing kindness and empathy in a chaotic world.
- ENCOURAGING AND OPTIMISTIC designed to resonate with everyone.
- SERIES EDITED BY ALAIN DE BOTTON, founder of The School of Life.
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‘If every human could read this book perhaps the world would be a little better and kinder.’
‘An exceptional book that offers a guide to everyone on the lost art of being nice... littered with wisdom, backed up with recognisable real-world examples of how to be warmer, kinder, more patient and more available to the other people we share the world with.’
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