Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Why are happy people so annoying?

5 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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A short conversational monologue (YouTube) exploring why naturally happy or effortlessly competent people provoke annoyance in others. The speaker offers humorous examples (people who don’t obsessively scroll Instagram, who return calls on time, or fit the 12-items-or-less line) and self-reflects on sometimes being one of those "annoying" people.

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Why are happy people annoying? Well, it's just because it's natural. Anyone who's naturally good at anything is annoying. Like, if you don't have to work for it. Oh my gosh. There's so many people that I throughout my life. I mean, people who don't obsessively scroll Instagram, people call you back on time, people who have the right amount of Items in the 12 item or less line at the shopping market. Like, it's just so. I mean, how dare they? But the truth is, is that there are times in which I am one of those annoying people. Today, the go is annoying. That's going to be my next book. The goal is annoying.