Stop trying to be the nice guy.
- By Rabbi Landau
- Duration: 39 seconds
Rabbi Landau teaches Stop trying to be the nice guy.
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Stop trying to be the nice guy.
"Nice" is just fear wearing a smile.
A nice man avoids conflict,
not because he's holy,
but because he's scared.
Scared to be rejected.
Scared to be disliked.
So he bends. He smiles. He folds.
That's not Chesed.
That's self-protection.
A good man is different.
Built on boundaries.
Spine.
Strength.
Not feared like a tyrant.
Feared like a mountain.
Unmovable. Trusted.
The Zohar calls it:
אַהֲבָה וְיִרְאָה — תְּרֵין רֵעִין דְּלָא מִתְפָּרְשִׁין
Love and Awe — two friends that must never part.
If you're only liked, you'll end up being neither liked nor feared.
Stop chasing approval.
Start building a soul people can lean on.
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