Not Nice

Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, and Unapologetically Being Yourself

By: Dr. Aziz Gazipura PsyD

Narrated by: Dr. Aziz Gazipura PsyD

Are you too nice?

If you find it hard to be assertive, directly ask for what you want, or say "no" to others, then you just might be suffering from too much niceness.

In this controversial book, world-renowned confidence expert, Dr. Aziz Gazipura, takes an incisive look at the concept of nice. Through his typical style, Dr. Aziz uses engaging stories, humor, and disarming vulnerability to cut through the nice conditioning and liberate the most bold, expressive, authentic version of you.

You'll discover how to:

• Easily say "no" when you want to and need to
• Confidently and effectively ask for what you want
• Speak up more freely in all your relationships
• Eliminate feelings of guilt, anxiety, and worry about what others will think

©2017 Dr. Aziz Gazipura, PsyD (P)2017 Dr. Aziz Gazipura, PsyD

Engaging read

If you could sum up Not Nice in three words, what would they be?

Narrator feels like your new BFF.

What about Dr. Aziz Gazipura PsyD’s performance did you like?

I really like the narration. It is conversational, like Dr Gazipura is telling you his life story.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

Being nice is not a thing to strive after.

Any additional comments?

I'm only 3 chapters into the audiobook, but I just have to take a moment to say that the conversational style of narration is so refreshing after months of robotic style readers in the "self help" genre. It's so easy and engaging, and Dr Gazipura is so authentic, vulnerable, and revealing in the details of his story and in his voice. It feels like a heart to heart with a friend--that I'm learning a lot from. I can't speak for the multitude of content of this book yet, but so far it's an easy listen with lots of personal examples and oppotunities to connect to the author's experiences.

I needed the insights in this book years ago

Dr. Gazipura hits the nail on the head when it comes to assessing the one thing that causes many people so much angst, being nice. He provides some useful insights and exercises as well as stories from his journey from nice to authentic. If you have challenges with social anxiety or feeling overwhelmed because you don’t feel heard or valued you should read/listen to this book. Even if you are not at the extreme and you just feel like there are certain situations where you are unable to be authentic you should read/listen.

This is a Worthy Book

This is worthy book. The author provides actionable ideas for how to live with yourself and how to deal with others.

The author is also the voice talent and so the performance is pleasant, engaging, and sounds spontaneous and much like a podcast.

This book is 18 hours long but is such a fruitful and enjoyable trip that I didn’t mind. The book is a great value. At $17.95 think of it as the ultimate bundle of everything the author had to say at that time on niceness under one title. It could have been two or three related books. But he gives us everything in one fabulous book.

I would rank this book up there with Dyer’s Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life, Covey’s 7 Habits, and the works of Albert Ellis. Well done.

a must read to stop being nice asap!

the performance was flawless, engaging and fun. the topic is well explained and very comprehensive. it feels very modern, not stale or sexist like other good but older books can be (or some modern ones unfortunately). The author is down to earth, confident and humble at the same time. Very authentic and refreshing, helpful with lots of actionable tips and very approachable language. I loved your audiobook Aziz! thank you, I will relisten to this beast, there's so much to learn from it!

5 Stars! Nice isn't what you think...

Life altering! I'm so grateful for the eye opening experience and the tools that I learned. I was being nice to everyone but myself. Thank you Aziz!!!!