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“whole. Introverts may be able to fit all their friends in a phone booth, but those relationships tend to be deep and rewarding.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“the hidden benefits of the introverted temperament—for workplaces, personal relationships and society as a whole. Introverts may be able to fit all their friends in a phone booth, but those relationships tend to be deep and rewarding. Introverts are more cautious and deliberate than extroverts, but that means they tend to think things through more thoroughly, which means they can often make smarter decisions. Introverts are better at listening—which, after all, is easier to do if you’re not talking—and that in turn can make them better business leaders, especially if their employees feel empowered to act on their own initiative. And simply by virtue of their ability to sit still and focus, introverts find it easier to spend long periods in solitary work, which turns out to be the best way to come up with a fresh idea or master a skill.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Faking it is exactly what a lot of introverts learn to do from an early age.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Introverts shun social situations because, Greta Garbo—style,”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“INTROVERT PREFERS TO BE ALONE OR IN SMALL GROUPS; IS QUICKLY EXHAUSTED BY PARTIES AND OTHER LARGE SOCIAL SITUATIONS”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“The key is sensitive encouragement.” But”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Just about every adult introvert can remember being scolded, even if gently, for being too quiet as a kid.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Introverts may be able to fit all their friends in a phone booth, but those relationships tend to be deep and rewarding. Introverts are more cautious and deliberate”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“they simply want to be alone.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“our temperaments may define us, that doesn’t mean we’re controlled by them—if we can find something or someone that motivates us to push beyond the boundaries of our nerves. I’m happy to be an introvert, but that’s not all I am.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“But people are stimuli, and a cocktail party or brainstorming session full of them can blow their neural circuits. So they limit their exposure. Meanwhile, extroverts are a little bit like addicts who are always”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“extroverts are a little bit like addicts who are always in search of a high, seeking out stimuli—in the healthier form of social situations—that would make an introvert’s head ring. In”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Simply being an introvert can also feel taxing—especially in America, land of the loud and home of the talkative.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“high-reactive infants matured into more inhibited, introverted teenagers.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“It may be time for America to learn the forgotten rewards of sitting down and shutting up.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“it sometimes seems that the quality of your work has less value than the volume of your voice. And”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“it sometimes seems that the quality of your work has less value than the volume of your voice.”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert

“Little calls this phenomenon Free Trait Theory: the idea that while we have certain fixed bits of personality, we can act out of character in the service of core personal goals. The key, he explains, is balancing three equal but very different identities. There’s our mostly inborn personality, the one that wants us to be introverted or extroverted; that’s the biogenic identity. There are the expectations of our culture, family and religion—the sociogenic identity. And then there are our personal desires and our sense of what matters—the ideogenic identity. An”
― Brian Walsh, The Upside of Being an Introvert