• "'Eh, you cannot be too nice! People will take advantage of you!' 'Eh, you cannot be so kind, people will take you for a ride!' 'Eh, you cannot be too helpful, people won't stop asking you for help!'
• There is no such thing as being too nice, too kind, or too helpful. Because you can be nice, kind, and helpful AND smart AND savvy all at the same time. If we are nice and people keep asking us for help or favours we can always say no. If we say yes it is not them taking advantage of us. Asking is not taking advantage, asking is trying.
• If we are nice, people may take it for granted but that is more to their detriment than to ours because it is more important that we are consistently nice as opposed to being nice depending on how nice other people are. A nice person doesn't just stop being nice. We are nice for ourselves in our efforts to practice being a better person each day.
• Don't live life suspiciously thinking that people are going to take advantage of you the moment you put your guard down. Being suspicious of people is a very closed-off way to live because in our attempt to block out any potential negativity we are also blocking out positivity from entering our lives.
• People often mistake niceness for stupidity. But no one can make us do anything we don't want to do. Being nice is not being a pushover. There's this saying 'follow your heart but don't forget to take your brain with you.'
• Be smart about things: don't blindly follow strangers or say yes to everything. Being smart does not mean that you have to be not nice or not kind. A key thing to remember is that people can't take advantage of us if we don't SEE ourselves as being taken advantage of.
• If we helped someone and they don't appreciate us, we learn. If we are nice to someone and they turn nasty on us, it's an experience we learn from. Don't feel taken advantage of and stop being nice because every experience is us gathering information on how to be more savvy the next time.
• So continue being the nice you and keep your wits about you. Nice guys don't lose because when you put so much positivity out, your life will be filled with positive experiences much more than negative ones. So stay nice and be happy, always."

- Xandria Ooi