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A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.

Susan Cain

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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
Lawyer
Non-Fiction Writer
Writer
Disappointment
Alphas
Ideal
Alpha
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Pathology
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Gregarious
Somewhere
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Society
Bold
Introversion
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Rarely
Articulated

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