Though Shyness Per Se Was Unacceptable, Reserve

Any Time People Come Together In A Meeting, We're Not Necessarily Getting The Best Ideas; We're Just Getting The Ideas Of The Best Talkers.

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.

I Prefer Listening To Talking, Reading To Socializing... I Like To Think Before I Speak (softly).

(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.)

Introverts Prefer To Work Independently, And Solitude Can Be A Catalyst To Innovation.