Why We Don t Really Want to be Nice

Being ‘nice’ sounds a bit eerie and strange. It shouldn’t really. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/paVKhY Join our exclusive mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/nwOZLS FURTHER READING “Setting out to try to become a nicer person sounds like a deeply colourless and dispiriting ambition. In theory, we love niceness of course, but in practice, there appears to be something embarrassingly anodyne, meek, tedious and even sexless about the concept. A nice person sounds like something we would try to be only once every other more arduous and more rewarding alternative had failed...” You can read more on this and other topics on our blog TheBookofLife.org at this link: https://goo.gl/AH3mv1 MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/mPptC9 Watch more films on Self in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself Do you speak a different language to English? Did you know you can submit Subtitles on all of our videos on YouTube? For instructions how to do this click here: https://goo.gl/4upNd5 SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Mad Adam Films http://madadamfilms.co.uk/ Feature Films: The Truman Show (1998) Barely Lethal (2015) Bridget Jones Diary (2001) Monsters Inc (2001) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Trainwreck (2015) The Life of Brian (1979) Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) It s a Wonderful Life (1946) The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Wuthering Heights (2010) Starter for 10 (2006) Jane Eyre (2011) American Honey (2016) A Room With a View (1985) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) The Social Network (2010) Office Space (1999) Dr. No (1962) The Duke of Burgundy (2014) Fargo (1996) Alfie (1966) 50 Shades of Grey (2015) Honeytrap (2014) Brave (2012) About a Boy (2002) Conan the Barbarian (1982) The Breakfast Club (1986) Paddington (2015) TV Series : Friends The Simpsons Luther The American Office Mad Men #TheSchoolOfLife