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

Professor Little knows all too well what
happens when you lack a Free Trait
Agreement with yourself. Apart from
occasional excursions to the Richelieu
River or the restroom, he once followed
a schedule that combined the most
energy-zapping elements of both introversion
and extroversion. On the extroverted
side, his days consisted of nonstop
lectures, meetings with students,
monitoring a student discussion group,
and writing all those letters of recommendation.
On the introverted side, he
took those responsibilities very, very
seriously.
“One way of looking at this,” he says
now, “is to say that I was heavily engaged
in extrovert-like behaviors, but,
of course, had I been a real extrovert I
would have done quicker, less nuanced
letters of recommendation, would not
have invested the time in preparation
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