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I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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Non-Fiction Writer
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I'm insatiably curious about human nature.
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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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Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it
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Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.
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There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.
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We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard's education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of power, but to use well the kind you've been granted.
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What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.
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America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's box of personal anxieties of which we would never recover.
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(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his own.)
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.
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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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Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.
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We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts - which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. Depending on which study you consult, one third to one half of Americans are introverts - in other words, one out of every two or three people you know.
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The next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the power of quiet.
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The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic achievement. Neither E=mc2 nor Paradise Lost was dashed off by a party animal.
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In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who’s comfortable putting himself out there.
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The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.
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Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger it fuels it.
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The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
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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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