Most of us, humans, have a tendency to evaluate and judge things based on their popularity. We tend to assume that just because something is popular, it must be good. Otherwise, why would so many people like it?
I would like to remind you that many things of a very average quality are quite popular and some of the best things out there are well hidden from the unarmed eye. Let’s think about it. McDonald’s is quite popular, but… does its popularity make it a fine restaurant or the healthiest meal? The truth is, that the best restaurants, bars, and clubs are hardly ever located on the main street and are usually founded in some alley in an unexpected area of a city.
Go to your nearest bookstore and look at the books that are on display right near the cash registers? Are these timeless literary masterpieces or fad diet/fitness books and trashy novels who popularity is as passing as the sale that they are on that week? You can be sure that far more valuable literature can be found on a third floor of that store in a romote shelf in the corner of the room.
What about movies? Are Oscar nominated movies really the best movies out there that touch your soul and heart when you watch them, or… are you more likely to find a thought provoking movie with a complex plot that was produced by an independent film agency and directed by someone who you have never heard of before.
What about dj’s? Aren’t your local dj’s so much better and put so much more soul into their spinning than “world class” dj’s who have done a lot of marketing and very little mixing?
Well, the same applies to your potential dating partner. You might have laid your eye on the most popular guy or a girl at school, but hey – forget about how popular he/she is. Strip her off his/her status in your mind and ask yourself – does she have a value as a person independent of her status, or… is there someone else around you that might not be as “conspicuous” but upon getting to know might just surprise you with his/her personality and sex appeal and completely transform your perception of them if you give them the time of the day? I am not here to answer this question, but suggest that you consider that the most popular is not necessarily the best.
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