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

What exactly do I mean when I say that
Laura is an introvert? When I started
writing this book, the first thing I
wanted to find out was precisely how
researchers define introversion and extroversion.
I knew that in 1921 the influential
psychologist Carl Jung had
published a bombshell of a book, Psychological
Types, popularizing the terms
introvert and extrovert as the central
building blocks of personality. Introverts
are drawn to the inner world of
thought and feeling, said Jung, extroverts
to the external life of people and
activities. Introverts focus on the meaning
they make of the events swirling
around them; extroverts plunge into the
events themselves. Introverts recharge
their batteries by being alone;
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