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

and e-mailing friends long notes he
calls “e-pistles.” When he does socialize,
he favors one-on-one encounters.
At parties, he pairs off into quiet conversations
as soon as he can or excuses
himself “for a breath of fresh air.”
When he’s forced to spend too much
time out and about or in any situation
involving conflict, he can literally become
ill.
Would you be surprised if I told you
that the vaudevillean professor and the
recluse who prefers a life of the mind
are one and the same man? Maybe not,
when you consider that we all behave
differently depending on the situation.
But if we’re capable of such flexibility,
does it even make sense to chart the
differences between introverts and extroverts?
Is the very notion of
introversion-extroversion too pat a dichotomy:
the introvert as sage
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