Within our individual lifetimes, it is predicted that we will physically interact with beyond ten thousand other individuals (dependent naturally on our individual lifestyles).
Our interactions with those individuals - we expect - will be positive; however, there exists a type of character whom will interact with us in a manner which is excessively positive, and unless we are consciously aware of the somewhat ironic negativity associated with excess positivity in social interactions, our naivety - and perhaps our pleasure in the face of such positivity - will allow us to be blind-sided and compelled to yield to manipulation. Such characters are labelled as 'people-pleasers'.
People-pleasing - defined - is the act of utilising one's existence for the service of the maintenance of other's physical and emotional well-being; an act which inadvertently requires such manipulative behaviour as lying (upon the basis that a people-pleaser will purposely fail to inform an individual of that which they do not desire to know (even if that which they do not desire to know is the truth)), whilst the people-pleaser simultaneously maintains a self-perceived sense of moral superiority (which is the natural consequence of maintaining one's own belief in their seemingly endless and universal virtue). Upon the basis of the aforementioned, it is imperative that we all avoid people-pleasers, and likewise, avoid transforming into one (for lying and manipulative behaviour is largely perceived to be universally immoral, and breeds chaos).
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Non-Fiction"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard If Kierkegaard is correct, then it must be equally true that by examining life backwards, one can significantly improve the life that lies ahead - forwards. ...
