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

sometimes need to act more introverted,
too, and shared with him some of
the ideas you’ve just read about how
Wall Street might have benefited from
having more introverts at the helm.
Welch was intrigued. But, he said, “the
extroverts would argue that they never
heard from the introverts.”
Welch makes a fair point. Introverts
need to trust their gut and share their
ideas as powerfully as they can. This
does not mean aping extroverts; ideas
can be shared quietly, they can be communicated
in writing, they can be packaged
into highly produced lectures,
they can be advanced by allies. The
trick for introverts is to honor their
own styles instead of allowing themselves
to be swept up by prevailing
norms. The story of the lead-up to the
Great Recession of 2008 is peppered,
alas, with careful types who took
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