As A Parent, If Give Yourself What

Figure Out What You Are Meant To Contribute To The World And Make Sure You Contribute It. If This Requires Public Speaking Or Networking Or Other Activities That Make You Uncomfortable, Do Them Anyway. But Accept That They're Difficult, Get The Training You Need To Make Them Easier, And Reward Yourself When You're Done.

It's Not That There Is No Small Talk...it's That It Comes Not At The Beginning Of Conversations But At The End...sensitive People...'enjoy Small Talk Only After They've Gone Deep' Says Strickland. 'when Sensitive People Are In Environments That Nurture Their Authenticity, They Laugh And Chitchat Just As Much As Anyone Else.

Scores Of Studies Have Shown That Venting Doesn't Soothe Anger; It Fuels It.

Now That You're An Adult, You Might Still Feel A Pang Of Guilt When You Decline A Dinner Invitation In Favor Of A Good Book. Or Maybe You Like To Eat Alone In Restaurants And Could Do Without The Pitying Looks From Fellow Diners. Or You're Told That You're "in Your Head Too Much", A Phrase That's Often Deployed Against The Quiet And Cerebral. Or Maybe There's Another Word For Such People: Thinkers.

So Stay True To Your Own Nature. If You Like To Do Things In A Slow And Steady Way, Don't Let Others Make You Feel As If You Have To Race. If You Enjoy Depth, Don't Force Yourself To Seek Breadth. If You Prefer Single-tasking To Multi-tasking, Stick To Your Guns. Being Relatively Unmoved By Rewards Gives You The Incalculable Power To Go Your Own Way.