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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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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?
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I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.
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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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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.
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There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions.
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[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.
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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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Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it
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When you're more focused in getting your message across than you are worrying about how people are viewing you, that's huge.
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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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I've never given a speech without being terrified first.
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Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.
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