Nancy Gerber, Our official Relationship Expert says:
Throughout our lives, we've been conditioned against speaking our mind directly to others. We're admonished to be polite at all costs. Since childhood, we've been told that "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" and that asking for what we want is selfish. We're not supposed to rock the boat -- merely to go along if we wish to get along.
Read Nancy's entire article To tell the truth
Throughout our lives, we've been conditioned against speaking our mind directly to others. We're admonished to be polite at all costs. Since childhood, we've been told that "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" and that asking for what we want is selfish. We're not supposed to rock the boat -- merely to go along if we wish to get along.
Read Nancy's entire article To tell the truth
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