Being liked by everyone usually means being known by no one.
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
Universal approval has a cost, and the cost is specificity. To be agreeable to every room you have to sand off the parts that would put some people off, and those are frequently the same parts that would make someone feel they had actually met you. A smooth surface is easy to like and impossible to hold onto.
Say one thing you actually think this week in a room where it might not land well. Not to provoke anyone, just to be accurately represented. Some people will step back, a smaller number will step closer, and the second group is the one you were looking for.
Which parts of yourself do you hide to stay likable?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.