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

glance at their mothers. Remember
Kagan’s introverted Tom and extroverted
Ralph? Well, Congress is full of
Ralphs—it was designed for people like
Ralph. Most of the Toms of the world
do not want to spend their days planning
campaigns and schmoozing with
lobbyists.
These Ralph-like Congressmen can be
wonderful people—exuberant, fearless,
persuasive—but they’re unlikely to feel
alarmed by a photograph of a tiny
crack in a distant glacier. They need
more intense stimulation to get them to
listen. Which is why Gore finally got
his message across when he teamed up
with whiz-bang Hollywood types who
could package his warning into the
special-effects-laden show that became
An Inconvenient Truth.
Gore also drew on his own strengths,
using his natural focus and diligence to
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