How to Become Popular Without Being Charming, Funny, or Outgoing

It’s your actions that matter most

Barry Davret
Forge
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5 min readFeb 3, 2020

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A teenage boy shrugs as his friends laugh in a circle around him at the park.
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MyMy first day of eighth grade taught me the meaning of the word “unpopular.” I had just moved to a new school district and didn’t know anyone. At lunchtime, I grabbed a tray of food, walked into the seating area, and thought, “Oh shit.”

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