Title Weird : the power of being an outsider in an insider world / Olga Khazan.

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New York, NY : Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, 2020.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	155.2 KHA	Storage
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	303.32 KHAZAN	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	155.2 KHAZAN	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references ([265]-292) and index.
Contents	Part one: Being weird. Weird ; The realization ; The exclusion ; The sting -- Part two: The weird advantage. Creativity ; Truth -- Part three: How to be different. Getting support ; Comfort with discomfort ; Better than the best ; The big picture ; Change yourself -- Part four: To stay different, or to find your own kind? Staying ; Leaving ; In between.
Summary	Explores why it is that we crave conformity, how that affects people who are different, and what they can do about it. Dives into the history of social norms and why some people hew to them more strictly than others, explores the causes behind-and the consequences of-social rejection, reveals the hidden upsides to being "weird," as well as the strategies that people who are different might use in order to achieve success in a society that values normalcy, and follows the trajectories of unique individuals who either decided to be among others just like them; to stay weird; or to dwell somewhere in between.
Subject	Individuality.
	Social phobia.
	Conformity.
	Self-actualization (Psychology)
	Motivation (Psychology)
	Success.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
	SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success.
	Conformity. (OCoLC)fst00875034
	Individuality. (OCoLC)fst00970343
	Motivation (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01027516
	Self-actualization (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01111481
	Social phobia. (OCoLC)fst01122723
	Success. (OCoLC)fst01137041
	Individuality.
	Social phobia.
	Conformity.
	Self-realization.
	Motivation (Psychology)
	Success.
Genre/Form	Self-help publications. (OCoLC)fst01941328
	Self-help publications.
ISBN	9780316418485 (hardcover)
	031641848X (hardcover)
	9780306874314
	0306874318

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