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proportionately.’ I believe that’s what

makes someone really good at selling or

consulting—the number-one thing is

they’ve got to really listen well. When I

look at the top salespeople in my organization,

none of those extroverted

qualities are the key to their success.”

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And now back to Greg and Emily’s impasse.

We’ve just acquired two crucial

pieces of information: first, Emily’s distaste

for conversational multitasking is

real and explicable; and second, when

introverts are able to experience conversations

in their own way, they make

deep and enjoyable connections with

others.

It was only once they accepted these

two realities that Greg and Emily found

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