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Capital of Extroversion.” But it turns

out that I don’t have to tell them.

“Good luck finding an introvert

around here,” says one.

“This school is predicated on extroversion,”

adds the other. “Your grades

and social status depend on it. It’s just

the norm here. Everyone around you is

speaking up and being social and going

out.”

“Isn’t there anyone on the quieter

side?” I ask.

They look at me curiously.

“I couldn’t tell you,” says the first

student dismissively.

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Harvard Business School is not, by any

measure, an ordinary place. Founded in

1908, just when Dale Carnegie hit the

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