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 <br>Join our exclusive mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ <br>Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/nwOZLS <br> <br> <br>FURTHER READING <br> <br>“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...” <br> <br>You can read more on this and other topics on our blog TheBookofLife.org at this link: https://goo.gl/AH3mv1 <br> <br> <br>MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE <br> <br>Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/mPptC9 <br> <br>Watch more films on Self in our playlist: <br>http://bit.ly/TSOLself <br> <br>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 <br> <br> <br>SOCIAL MEDIA <br> <br>Feel free to follow us at the links below: <br> <br>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ <br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife <br>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ <br> <br> <br>CREDITS <br> <br>Produced in collaboration with: <br> <br>Mad Adam Films <br>http://madadamfilms.co.uk/ <br> <br>Feature Films: <br> <br>The Truman Show (1998) <br>Barely Lethal (2015) <br>Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) <br>Monsters Inc (2001) <br>10 Things I Hate About You (1999) <br>Trainwreck (2015) <br>The Life of Brian (1979) <br>Muppets' Christmas Carol (1992) <br>It's a Wonderful Life (1946) <br>The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) <br>Wuthering Heights (2010) <br>Starter for 10 (2006) <br>Jane Eyre (2011) <br>American Honey (2016) <br>A Room With a View (1985) <br>The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) <br>The Social Network (2010) <br>Office Space (1999) <br>Dr. No (1962) <br>The Duke of Burgundy (2014) <br>Fargo (1996) <br>Alfie (1966) <br>50 Shades of Grey (2015) <br>Honeytrap (2014) <br>Brave (2012) <br>About a Boy (2002) <br>Conan the Barbarian (1982) <br>The Breakfast Club (1986) <br>Paddington (2015) <br> <br>TV Series': <br> <br>Friends <br>The Simpsons <br>Luther <br>The American Office <br>Mad Men #TheSchoolOfLife