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Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.
Susan Cain
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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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Gregariousness
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Introvert
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Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.
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As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.
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In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to come out of their shells - but there's a lot to be said for taking your home with you wherever you go.
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Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn't choose to go to Wonderland - but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own.
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Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire.
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Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity. Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth.
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Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration . They're relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame.
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Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine it must be displayed publicly.
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College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups.
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I'm insatiably curious about human nature.
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.
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