Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares

Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships

A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happinessâ€”and why we donâ€™t always want to be the most popular.
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PopularÂ examines why popularity plays such a key role in our development and, ultimately, how it still influences our happiness and success today. In many waysâ€”some even beyond our conscious awarenessâ€”those old dynamics of our youth continue to play out in every business meeting, every social gathering, in our personal relationships, and even how we raise our children. Our popularity even affects our DNA, our health, and our mortality in fascinating ways we never previously realized. More than childhood intelligence, family background, or prior psychological issues, research indicates that itâ€™s how popular we were in our early years that predicts how successful and how happy we grow up to be.

But itâ€™s not always the conventionally popular people who fare the best, for the simple reason that there is more than one type of popularityâ€”and many of us still long for the wrong one. As children, we strive to be likable, which can offer real benefits not only on the playground but throughout our lives. In adolescence, though, a new form of popularity emerges, and we suddenly begin to care about status, power, influence, and notorietyâ€”research indicates that this type of popularity hurts us more than we realize.

Popular addresses a topic more relevant today than ever before.Â In a world that pushes us to pursue power, and click our way to online status, it has become too easy to be lured towards a type of popularity that can harm us, and our children.Â PopularÂ relies on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to help us make the wisest choices for ourselves and for our children. With specific tips for parents, business leaders, and all adults who can remember their high school experiences, as well as a letter to teens to help this generation navigate a world in which popularity has become more complex than ever before, Popular can teach us all how to achieve more meaningful, successful, and rewarding relationships.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 31545783
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2018-06-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399563751

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	31545783
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2018-06-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399563751

Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships