How to Make People Think You're Nice When You're Not

You may not be a nice guy, but life will be easier if you can fake it, here's how.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Practice soft smiling. It's called smiling with your eyes. Nice people do this all the time. It will make people think you are warm and inviting to talk to.
2. Act sincerely interested in what people have to say. Even stupid people. Practice active listening by occasionally repeating back something someone said or encouraging them to keep talking with a question. Nice people listen.
3. Laugh at people's jokes and compliment them on their personality or sense of humor. It's too easy to compliment their clothes or good looks. Search for something unique.
4. Give. Or pretend to give. Invite someone you know to volunteer with you. If they say no, don't go and say you did, they'll feel bad. If they say yes then go. Either way, volunteering once is something you can spread out for a year. "When so and so and I volunteered with the terminally ill children...bla bla bla"
5. Nice people ask someone how their night was and listen for a few minutes. Pushovers will get the call to go pick up their drunk friend from a party at 2 am and here him complain about his girlfriend.
   
   Realize this difference.