Episode Details

Social Media Has Made Us Narcissists — But There Is a Cure

23 Apr 2023

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Here's a quick self-assessment to find out whether your ego is detached from real achievement. 00:00 Here are some questions typically used in research to evaluate non-clinical narcissism. 01:31 What is narcissism? 02:00 Why does it seem like there are so many narcissists today? 02:50 Is this why it seems like everyone wants to be famous? 03:45 We’ve seen the “Kardashian-ization” of success. 04:53 What can I do to counter the effects of digital narcissism? 05:55 It’s hard to get better at anything if you believe your own self-hype. Business psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says there’s been an alarming rise in the percentage of young adults who expect to become famous, and they’re mostly headed for disappointment. Luckily, there is a fairly straightforward way to battle narcissism. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is the Chief Innovation Officer at ManpowerGroup, a professor of business psychology at University College London and at Columbia University, co-founder of deepersignals.com, and an associate at Harvard’s Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. His latest book is “I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099KQV3ZJ. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #SocialMedia #Narcissism #Psychology #Ego #Work #Business #Fame #KimKardashian #KanyeWest #TikTok #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2023 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.

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