Is there anything wrong with being boring?

Boring is just the passage of time without inspiration or engagement. No it’s not bad. Though there’s a big difference between the gathering you are with, if they are bored, it’s more about them. The thing is, for the right group of people, even what some perceive as the most boring may fit right in.

What causes someone to be boring?

“Boring people are usually those who can’t (or won’t) understand how the conversation is experienced from the other person’s perspective,” says Drew Austin. “The ability to place oneself in another person’s shoes makes someone interesting to talk to.” That’s why emotional intelligence is key to conversationality.

How do you know if you are a boring person?

1. Interesting people like to have conversations; boring people like to avoid them. Human beings primarily communicate through words — this is how our species interacts. If you are the person that goes to a party and picks a quiet corner to sit in, then shame on you.

What is the difference between being interesting and boring?

Interesting people have several hobbies; boring people have a hobby. Being interesting involves more than having something that you enjoy doing and enjoy talking about. If you have one hobby — especially if it is one that most people don’t share — then people will find you boring.

Are boring people judged more positively than interesting people?

On only two of the 18 attributes tested were the boring and interesting people judged as equals: They were both seen as similar in their reliability and their competence. There was, though, one significant way in which the boring people were judged more positively than the interesting ones: People thought they were smarter.

What makes a boring life exciting?

Variety, variety, variety — life has such a smorgasbord to offer us, that sticking to that which you know is, well, boring. Stop eating the same food, stop hanging out with the same people at the same places. Doing the same boring things guarantee a boring life because it avoids change. 7. Change makes for an exciting life.