The Niceties Of Nice

Growing up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none more powerful than N-I-C-E. It’s a word whose power is vastly underrated and whose image desperately needs an extreme brand makeover. There is a deeply rooted belief in our culture that in order to succeed, you have to act like a bloodthirsty medieval warrior, and that niceness is for the weak and the naive. That’s why people buy books like Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Leadership, Sopranos Style.