My biggest struggle has been not trying to overcompensate by being TOO nice out of fear that I won't be liked. I've managed to fix this in recent years, but it was after a co-worker I thought I had made a genuinely positive connection with told our other coworkers "she worships the ground I walk on." I realized in that moment that I've come to not carry myself with enough self respect, and had to figure out how to find a balance between being a positive presence in people's lives but not being perceived as weak, an underdog or a door mat. I sort of figured it out in my mind and made it work really well for me, but I never did manage to put it into words. I realize now that the change was "assuming people like me and nothing less." Now that I'm aware of what it was, I can start doing it more consciously and applying it with more confidence!
Thanks for asking by the way, how about you? :)