Nagle Notes: Popularity

Hello people of the future,

Popularity is something you only really cared about back in high school. Or maybe you were too cool to care but still saw it in action. I found a captivating article discussing why nerds are seen as "unpopular". Here was my favorite excerpt from Paul's article.

"They [nerds] don't realize that it takes work to be popular. In general, people outside some very demanding field don't realize the extent to which success depends on constant (though often unconscious) effort. For example, most people seem to consider the ability to draw as some kind of innate quality, like being tall. In fact, most people who "can draw" like drawing, and have spent many hours doing it; that's why they're good at it. Likewise, popular isn't just something you are or you aren't, but something you make yourself."

Major takeaway? High school is nothing like the real world, so it breeds a whole different environment of what is considered valuable. Once you are out you have complete ownership over who is you surround yourself with and how success will be measured. 

Onwards,
Nagle

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