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

the story of David Weiss, a drummer
and music journalist. David is a good
example of someone who grew up feeling
like Charlie Brown and went on to
build a life of creativity, productivity,
and meaning. He loves his wife and
baby son. He relishes his work. He has
a wide and interesting circle of friends,
and lives in New York City, which he
considers the most vibrant place in the
world for a music enthusiast. If you
measure a life by the classic barometers
of love and work, then David is a blazing
success.
But it wasn’t always clear, at least
not to David, that his life would unfold
as well as it did. As a kid, he was shy
and awkward. The things that interested
him, music and writing, held no
value for the people who mattered most
back then: his peers. “People would always
tell me, ‘These are the best years
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