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The 7 Habits of Highly Miserable People

CGP Grey · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Productivity & self-improvementPsychology & human behavior

What it is

CGP Grey's sarcastic animated video adapted from the book How to Be Miserable, listing habits that reliably make people unhappy. By inverting the advice, it shows what to avoid and prompts reflection on goals and routines.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it widely in advice threads on depression, habits, and goal setting as a funny, memorable way to see what to do by seeing what not to do.

  • 11 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “i emplore you to not read this and watch this instead”

    More rational treatment of what makes people miserable

    foxhill, 2018-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Habits of Highly Miserable People”

  2. “CGP Grey recently posted a great video titled”

    CGP Grey on ways to maximize misery

    bitsoda, 2017-06 · Recommendation · in “Training Your Brain to Be (and Stay) Happy”

  3. “I liked this video that came out recently”

    Video on behaviours that maximize misery, prompting goal setting

    rajangdavis, 2017-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Do you plan your next day ahead?”

  4. “I thought this one was really funny [0].”

    Funny CGP Grey video

    hencq, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info ever”

  5. “CGP Grey made a great video [0] pretty similar to this”

    Sarcastic video on physical habits that drive misery

    cjen, 2018-06 · Recommendation · in “Habits of Highly Miserable People”

  6. “Sometimes it's more illustrative to look at what you can do to ensure you'll be depressed.”

    Shows what to avoid by listing ways to be miserable

    jgrowl, 2018-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are the best hacks to fight depression?”

  7. “I'd recommend these[1] two[2] videos from CGP Grey to help.”

    Things making you miserable and how to cope

    Jetroid, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How are you holding up?”

  8. “CGP Grey has an excellent video on this exact kind of goal setting”

    CGP Grey on goal setting pitfalls

    cosmojg, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Setting goals for 2021 – A brief guide about personal goal setting”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: cgp grey, habits, mental health, goal setting, self improvement

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