No More Mr. Nice Guy
by Robert A. Glover
The 'nice guy syndrome': men who seek approval, avoid conflict, hide their needs and expect covert rewards, and the programme for recovering self-respect. Polarising and widely credited by readers.
Read it if…
you are a man who gives to get and resents it.
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you dislike gendered self-help.
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Three things you will actually use
- Covert contracts: giving to get, unspoken.
- Approval-seeking is self-abandonment.
- Put your needs first; it is not selfish.
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Read the covert contracts chapter and name one of yours.
Our verdict
Covert contracts, exposed.
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