When we were in high school most wanted to be “popular”.  Some tried hard, some just had “It” and some fell short.

Popularity was a sought after, undefinable, elusive, state of being.

Interestingly, many of those who were then popular and part of the “In Crowd” did not sustain it through life and over the years “Losers” morphed into well grounded, hard earned successes.

Who’s to say that being labeled as losers early did not spur them on?

Now we have polls that give us instant popularity updates and as Dylan said “For the loser now will be later to win”!