There is such a thing as being "too nice" — but what that actually means is hard to pin down. We asked experts to weigh in.

"No good deed goes unpunished" is a sardonic commentary with which acts of kindness wind up backfiring on those who offer ...

As I read Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead," I nodded so hard that I worried my neck would sprain. I noticed after a while that the highlight function on my Kindle was ...

Here’s how being too nice can end up working against you. 1. You End Up Babysitting A Friend’s Pet, Plant, Or House For Free… For Weeks.

David Goehring/Flickr It's great to be nice... but are you too nice? From a young age we're taught to play nice with others and treat people as we'd like to be treated. As we get older, this ...

Russ Edelman, the author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office, explains how you can be a nice person and still succeed at work. But, he says, being too nice hampers your career growth and costs ...

Being too nice can come across as passive and bland. "People will soon start finding you boring," said Manish Barnwal . It's great to be polite, but let your personality show.

In other words, too much of anything isn't a good thing, even being nice. Not only can being "too nice" reflect on how much the other person is caring (or not caring) for themselves out of wanting ...