People-pleasing is a form of assholery … because you’re not pleasing anybody – you’re just making them resentful because you’re being disingenuous, and you’re also not giving them the dignity of their own experience [by assuming] they can’t handle the truth.
Wonderful conversation with comedian Whitney Cummings on The Tim Ferriss Show, one of these nine favorite podcasts for a fuller life.
Complement this particular sentiment with Anne Lamott on how to stop keeping ourselves small by people-pleasing.
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