A Little Narcissism Is Not a Bad Thing

Guest: Craig Malkin, PhD, author of “Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad—and Surprising Good—About Feeling Special,” Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer, Harvard Medical School To call someone a narcissist is very much in vogue right now. Whole books have been written about Millennials and their obsession with selfies and hunger for approval. Many a pundit has lobbed the label as our new President, too. Anybody who’s overbearing or obnoxious or egocentric is liable to be called a narcissist.