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• The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
• In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" -…
• Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value…
• Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took…
• We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.
• Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in…
• [Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys…
• The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand,…
• Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be…
• I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing ... I like to think before I speak (softly).
• You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's…
• There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

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