I've Never Given A Speech Without Being

Jealousy Is An Ugly Emotion, But It Tells The Truth. You Mostly Envy Those Who Have What You Desire.

Even When The Attention Focused On Me Is Positive, I Am Uncomfortable Being Looked At By A Lot Of People - It's Just Not My Natural State Of Being.

I Use A Lot Of Old-fashioned Expressions.

We're Told That To Be Great Is To Be Bold, To Be Happy Is To Be Sociable. We See Ourselves As A Nation Of Extroverts - Which Means That We've Lost Sight Of Who We Really Are. Depending On Which Study You Consult, One Third To One Half Of Americans Are Introverts - In Other Words, One Out Of Every Two Or Three People You Know.

Schwartz's Research Suggests Something Important: We Can Stretch Our Personalities, But Only Up To A Point. Our Inborn Temperaments Influence Us, Regardless Of The Lives We Lead. A Sizeable Part Of Who We Are Is Ordained By Our Genes, By Our Brains, By Our Nervous Systems. And Yet The Elasticity That Schwartz Found In Some Of The High-reactive Teens Also Suggests The Converse: We Have Free Will And Can Use It To Shape Our Personalities.