quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

You seem so outgoing, they added.
You came across as really confident!
You’re lucky because you never run out
of things to say.
I sat down feeling pretty good about
myself. But soon I saw that Lateesha
and I weren’t the only ones to get that
kind of feedback. A few others did as
well. “You looked so calm!” these
speakers were told, to their visible relief.
“No one would ever know if they
didn’t know! What are you doing in this
class?”
At first I wondered why I prized
these reassurances so highly. Then I
realized that I was attending the workshop
because I wanted to stretch myself
to the outer limits of my temperament.
I wanted to be the best and bravest
speaker I could be. The reassurances
were evidence that I was on my way toward
achieving this goal. I suspected
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