Mitch Prinstein – Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
English | Size: 175.54 MB
Category: Mindset / Achievement

A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness – and why we don’t always want to be the most popular.

No matter how old you are, there’s a good chance that the word popular immediately transports you back to your teenage years. Most of us can easily recall the adolescent social cliques, the high school pecking order, and which of our peers stood out as the most or the least popular teens we knew. Even as adults we all still remember exactly where we stood in the high school social hierarchy, and the powerful emotions associated with our status persist decades later. This may be for good reason. [Read more…]