Comments on: The Paradox of Kindness: How to Stop Others From Taking Advantage of You https://theadviceable.com/2020/02/21/how-to-stop-others-from-taking-advantage-of-your-kindness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-others-from-taking-advantage-of-your-kindness Simple Advice for the Chaotic Life Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: admin https://theadviceable.com/2020/02/21/how-to-stop-others-from-taking-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-102 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:24:40 +0000 https://theadviceable.com/?p=1492#comment-102 In reply to Sangeeta Mehta.

Thanks so much for your lovely feedback. I am glad to hear that you have learned to of course always practice kindness, but to also set boundaries and protect yourself. It’s a tough lesson to learn, and I myself feel like I’m constantly honing that skill–it takes practice!

]]> By: Sangeeta Mehta https://theadviceable.com/2020/02/21/how-to-stop-others-from-taking-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-100 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 12:29:03 +0000 https://theadviceable.com/?p=1492#comment-100 Beautifully written! There are many people who try to misuse kindness – it’s a selfish act, and I feel it’s going to get worse over the years. Hardships and setbacks could make some people more humble or willing to rough it out, but most of them misuse others to get away from negative experiences. People who feel inadequate or even shirkers take advantage of others decency and willingness to help. Some people are not kind to others – they actually lack empathy. There are still many who genuinely need help and kindness – they are the deprived ones but unfortunately it’s very difficult to recognise who’s being honest – the lines are very blurred. After many years of experiencing misuse, I’ve come to realise that it’s good to help only to a certain extent and not beyond! Most of the humans are capable of helping themselves – they just need to make the effort ;)…I’m prone to be kind by default but I’ve also learnt to keep my emotional distance to protect my aura 🙂

]]> By: Kathy C https://theadviceable.com/2020/02/21/how-to-stop-others-from-taking-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-12 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:17:44 +0000 https://theadviceable.com/?p=1492#comment-12 Great comment on setting our own boundaries. It’s so hard to do this in this day and age. Do any other readers feel the same way about boundary setting and trying to avoid being nice to those that aren’t nice back?

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