While likability leads to positive outcomes decades later, the people who are the coolest,

most popular folks in high school, research shows that when they grow up, they're more

likely to suffer from addictions. They have difficulties in their professional and personal

relationships, and they're at much higher risk for anxiety, depression and loneliness.

Hi, my name is Dr. Rungan Chatterjee, medical doctor, author of the Four Pill of Plan and

television presenter. I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we

currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated. With this podcast, I aim

to simplify it. I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting

people both within, as well as outside the health space, to hopefully inspire you, as well

as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform

the way that you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when

we feel better, we live more.

Hello and welcome to another episode of my Feel Better, Live More podcast. My name is

Rungan Chatterjee, and I am your host. Today's guest is the leading psychologist, Professor

Mitch Prinstein. Mitch is an expert on popularity and has written a fabulous book called the Popularity

Illusion, which I first came across a few months ago when I was locked away researching material

for my brand new book, The Stress Solution. I was absolutely fascinated with Mitch's work,

and I'm looking forward to sharing it with you today.

Who doesn't want to be more popular? Well, perhaps we should be careful what we wish for.

More than childhood intelligence, family background, or prior psychological issues, research

indicates that it's how popular we were in our early years, that predicts how successful

and how happy we grow up to be. But it's not always the conventionally popular people

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