Mitch Prinstein: ...about popularity

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Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Popularity is the topic as we talk with Mitch Prinstein, author of "Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World". Mitch and his research have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Time magazine, New York magazine, Newsweek, and many others.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:11.1	I'm Jan Black.
0:12.3	And I'm Laura Owens.
0:13.7	Our guest on the line, University of North Carolina, clinical psychology professor
0:17.8	Mitch Princeton, has studied how popularity affects our success, our relationships,
0:23.7	and our happiness. He's written about it in the book, Popular, the power of likability in a
0:29.5	status-obsessed world. Professor, thank you so much for joining us on the line today. Sure, thanks for
0:35.8	having me. So how did you come up with the idea for popular?
0:40.6	Well, actually, researchers have been studying popularity for, I personally had been
0:47.8	personally and professionally interested in this topic for just about my whole life.
0:52.4	I'm interested in writing this book now because
0:55.8	everyone is starting to focus on one of two different kinds of popularity, and it's not the good
1:02.5	kind. Well, tell us about that. You say there are two different kinds of popularity. What are they?
1:08.4	Well, one type of popularity is the type that we can identify when we're as young
1:13.1	and it's simply how much we like one another. Likeability is a really important part of
1:18.8	popularity because those who are likable tend to do very well in life even 40 years later. They
1:25.3	have better jobs. They get paid more. They're happier and even physically
1:28.8	healthier. But the kind of popularity most of us think about when we hear about the topic is
1:34.6	the kind we experienced in high school. And that's not about likability at all, is it? It's really
1:40.3	who's most visible and influential and attractive and powerful. And that type of
1:46.2	popularity actually leads to long-term consequences. Such as? Well, the kids who are the coolest
1:54.7	when they grow up actually end up having problems with relationships, both romantic and friendships, as well as
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