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[other type] is to be first, without complete
information and with the attendant
risks—the strategy of ‘taking a long
shot’ because the ‘early bird catches the
worm’ and ‘opportunity only knocks
once.’ ”
In truth, many people Aron considers
sensitive have some of the twenty-seven
attributes associated with the trait, but
not all of them. Maybe they’re sensitive
to light and noise, but not to coffee or
pain; maybe they’re not sensitive to
anything sensory, but they’re deep
thinkers with a rich inner life. Maybe
they’re not even introverts—only 70
percent of sensitive people are, according
to Aron, while the other 30 percent
are extroverts (although this group
tends to report craving more downtime
and solitude than your typical extrovert).
This, speculates Aron, is because
sensitivity arose as a by-product of
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