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NightSide - Is Narcissism Actually A Good Thing?

BOSTON (CBS) - The word narcissism is almost always used in a negative way. But Dr. Craig Malkin, clinical psychologist and instructor at Harvard Medical School, believes we need to reevaluate the way we think about narcissism. Rather than an all-or-nothing trait, Dr. Malkin argues that narcissism is a spectrum, and that in order to be successful, we must have some amount of it.

Originally broadcast September 3rd, 2015.

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