Comments on: On People Pleasing http://endot.org/2009/01/28/on-people-pleasing/ random seepage from the brain of a geek Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:54:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: nate http://endot.org/2009/01/28/on-people-pleasing/comment-page-1/#comment-195 nate Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:58:07 +0000 http://endot.org/?p=67#comment-195 Hah, I meant "people pleaser by nature" as a "non good thing" not as an "ultimate goal". Making people happy is not necessarily a bad thing, but when it's taken to the extreme, you can end up bending over backward to make someone happy that either will never be happy (because of something wrong with them) or will never be satisfied (because they take advantage of people). Sometimes, you just have to let them go, understanding that they won't be happy and it's not your fault. You did all you could (or should). Hah, I meant “people pleaser by nature” as a “non good thing” not as an “ultimate goal”.

Making people happy is not necessarily a bad thing, but when it’s taken to the extreme, you can end up bending over backward to make someone happy that either will never be happy (because of something wrong with them) or will never be satisfied (because they take advantage of people).

Sometimes, you just have to let them go, understanding that they won’t be happy and it’s not your fault. You did all you could (or should).

]]> By: Mike Marley http://endot.org/2009/01/28/on-people-pleasing/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Mike Marley Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:37:30 +0000 http://endot.org/?p=67#comment-194 I can't even imagine someone like you wanting this as the ultimate goal. Your DNA is your DNA. After all... "A genius is the one most like himself." -Thelonius Monk I can’t even imagine someone like you wanting this as the ultimate goal. Your DNA is your DNA. After all…

“A genius is the one most like himself.”

-Thelonius Monk

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