Science Magazine: Narcissism is good for success

Narcissists are good at convincing others that their ideas are creative, even if they themselves are mediocre, new experiments show. And the group with narcissists came up with better ideas than the group without them, suggesting that narcissism can lead to real success.

  Narcissism and creativity seem to be left hand versus right hand, and creative people often exhibit traits of narcissism. — Such as self-importance, desire for attention, indifference to the opinions of others . For example, the impressionist painter Picasso once declared that “ I am God ” . Like Picasso, narcissists often occupy positions of importance in art and business, implying that they possess abilities or creativity that others do not.

But is this correct? Researchers at Cornell University and Stanford University paired 76 college students and assessed their levels of narcissism. The researchers asked one of them to outline a movie and then enthusiastically introduced it to the other. Most of the stories they imagined weren't exciting. But researchers have found that the most narcissistic people impress their peers the most ; Their ratings were 50 percent higher than those of the least narcissistic. In another study, researchers divided 292 students into four groups and asked them to come up with proposals to improve the performance of real businesses and institutions. The results showed that the group made up of half the people who were narcissists made the most proposals.