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Oh gosh, I really do prefer to avoid such people, they come off fake and they really get on my nerves. It seems like such a blatant put-on and makes me wonder if they do TV commercials for a living. If not they really should.
I've been in the business world for about 50 years, and have seen my share of these "cheerleaders". We were just talking about this at work the other day, all the people in my store are seasoned employees and know how to conduct business and how to treat customers, but the company keeps coming up with these "ideas" to stimulate business.......and usually one of these cheerleader types will be all over it as if it is the best thing since sliced bread. Yuck!!! Makes us want to gag.
I fully understand enthusiasm, but some of these clowns have their noses stuck where the sun doesn't shine in an attempt to impress their bosses. Every time I see one of these examples the movie "Office Space" comes to mind, especially the part about "wearing 17 pieces of flair." Whoever wrote that part in the movie had to work in corporate America and saw the humor in rah rah mentality.
Corporate training people are always like that...if they didn't have that personality they wouldn't have gotten the job - they train them to conduct their seminar, orientations, etc like that. The person was doing the job they were hired to do in the way the company wants it done, doesn't mean they act like that outside their jobs.
I'm a very positive person, but overt enthusiasm always seems odd to me. It's like the girl-child women who clap their hands and squeal when they see something cute. I joke that I would never be picked for a game show because I wouldn't jump around whooping even if I won 1 million dollars.
I love Tony Robbins...no one is more RaRa then him!
They excite me and inspire me.
Now in a corporation I have been at for years, not so sure.
And yes, there truly are people that have found the secret to being
enthusiastic all the time.
They can still get mad sometimes, but it can last 2 seconds instead of
2 weeks...it took work and usually they learned how to do it bec
of being so in the pits....they had to 'overcome'!
Tony Robbins is always so happy because all the sheeple keep giving him money ....
I don't know why they bug you. Are you jealous of their happiness? Are you mistrust full of anyone who seems "too happy"? You can probably answer the question better than anyone else can.
So give it a shot ....
Why do people like him bother you?
No jealousy here.
They bother me because they zap the energy right out of me. At the risk of sounding "new agey," i feel there is only so much energy in my own field and sometimes the hyper happy personality seems to drain my own field.
It's like when one of those small but hyperactive dogs jump all over you in a small room. You become exhausted either trying to keep up with that level of excitement to match the puppy scratching at your knees or exhausted trying to fend her off. Exhausted just to be around her!
(But I do "squeal" from time to time at cute picts of puppies and kittens. No clapping, but sporadic squealing has been known to leak out! )
Corporate training people are always like that...if they didn't have that personality they wouldn't have gotten the job - they train them to conduct their seminar, orientations, etc like that. The person was doing the job they were hired to do in the way the company wants it done, doesn't mean they act like that outside their jobs.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Therefore, I always have given people in those positions a benefit of the doubt and assume they are just doing their jobs. I have been put in the position of being the "cheerleader" for some corporate events, as well, and I am an introvert, hate having to do that type of thing but I did it b/c I got paid to do it.
I made me really uncomfortable to think others may assume I am this bouncy, Pollyanna, life is always great! energetic person when that is not me at all.
So I wouldn't assume the "on stage" behaviors/personality are that person's normal everyday demeanor.
Just like we all have a "carbon footprint" which is the measure of our impact on the environment or how much pollution we cause, I think we all have an "emotional footprint" which is the measure of how much our moods, personalities, outbursts, etc, affect others around us.
People who tend to have a "big personality" or who "fill up a room" tend to be people that I feel have too large an emotional footprint. People who talk about themselves a lot, create interpersonal drama, express their emotions in an excessive way have too large an emotional footprint, in my opinion. People that are overly excited and cheerful also do.
To many of us, these people are draining. They suck out our energy. Even if they are generally positive on the surface and not negative, they still sap our energy just by spilling their emotions all over the rest of us like a clumsy person spilling a drink everywhere.
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Just like we all have a "carbon footprint" which is the measure of our impact on the environment or how much pollution we cause, I think we all have an "emotional footprint" which is the measure of how much our moods, personalities, outbursts, etc, affect others around us.
People who tend to have a "big personality" or who "fill up a room" tend to be people that I feel have too large an emotional footprint. People who talk about themselves a lot, create interpersonal drama, express their emotions in an excessive way have to large an emotional footprint, in my opinion. People that are overly excited and cheerful also do.
To many of us, these people are draining. They suck out our energy. Even if they are generally positive on the surface and not negative, they still sap our energy just by spilling their emotions all over the rest of us like a clumsy person spilling a drink everywhere.
I think your theory is about the emotional carbon footprint is spot on!
Yes, people with a "bigger than life" personality can drain others by what I consider a "sensory overload."
They require an audience and a response and who has the energy for all that. I can handle it only in small doses.
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