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Every American was to become a performing self.

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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
Lawyer
Non-Fiction Writer
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American
Become
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Performing

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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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One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.
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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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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.
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I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.
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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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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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We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness.
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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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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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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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There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.
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I've never given a speech without being terrified first.
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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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Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. But when you’re focused on a project that you care about, you probably find that your energy is boundless.
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It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.
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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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Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.
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What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer reflective types in the world?
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Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger it fuels it.
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