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

Zichy told me the story of one of her
clients, an introverted financial analyst
who worked in an environment where
she was either presenting to clients or
talking to colleagues who continually
cycled in and out of her office. She was
so burned out that she planned to quit
her job—until Zichy suggested that she
negotiate for downtime.
Now, this woman worked for a Wall
Street bank, not a culture conducive to
a frank discussion about the needs of
the highly introverted. So she carefully
considered how to frame her request.
She told her boss that the very nature
of her work—strategic analysis—required
quiet time in which to concentrate.
Once she made her case empirically,
it was easier to ask for what she
needed psychologically: two days a
week of working from home. Her boss
said yes.
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