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

“do all the work of making conversation.
For them, it’s not work at all.”
The trouble is that for most of the
five years they’ve been together, Greg
and Emily have been having one version
or another of the same fight. Greg,
a music promoter with a large circle of
friends, wants to host dinner parties
every Friday—casual, animated get-togethers
with heaping bowls of pasta
and flowing bottles of wine. He’s been
giving Friday-night dinners since he
was a senior in college, and they’ve become
a highlight of his week and a
treasured piece of his identity.
Emily has come to dread these
weekly events. A hardworking staff attorney
for an art museum and a very
private person, the last thing she wants
to do when she gets home from work is
entertain. Her idea of a perfect start to
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