《2025年红对勾高考一轮复习金卷英语》

Test 6 (2024·广东六校第一次联考)
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
As a recovering people pleaser, I spent much of my life keeping others happy. Breaking this habit meant stepping on a few toes. However, I’ve become a happier person as a result. Here are some tips I used to stop being a people pleaser.
Identify your priorities. Take a moment to think about why you are trying to learn how to stop being a people pleaser. Who are the people that you feel the need to please? ★1 Answering these questions will help you set a goal that you can hold yourself accountable to.
Just say “no”. One reason why people pleasers say “yes” to everything is that they fear disappointing others. 2 If you are a people pleaser, you are likely to spend lots of energy trying to control how people feel about you. The best thing you can do is let them feel their feelings. It will feel liberating to free yourself from being responsible for someone else’s reaction.
3 Saying “no” is a good way to set better boundaries in your important relationships. All healthy relationships have their own boundaries. If you haven’t set boundaries in your relationships, the odds are that at some point you will end up feeling pressured to do something you don’t want to do.
Accept yourself. Many people pleasers are insecure about who they are. 4 Check out our summary of Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection to learn how to accept your imperfections and love yourself.
Remember that you cannot please everyone. No matter what you do, there will always be someone who is unhappy with your choices. 5
A. Set healthy boundaries.
B. Keep healthy relationships.
C. Why do you feel the need to keep them happy?
D. Spend some time learning to love yourself for who you are.
E. And why bother trying to please everyone if it isn’t possible?
F. But saying “no” is the best way to take care of your own needs.
G. That is why the more you seek security, the less of it you have.

答案： 1. C 2. F 3. A 4. D 5. E