The Pressure To Entertain, To Sell Ourselves,

The Emphasis Is On Community, On Participating In More And More Programs And Events, On Meeting More And More People. It’s A Constant Tension For Many Introverts That They’re Not Living That Out. And In A Religious World, There’s More At Stake When You Feel That Tension. It Doesn’t Feel Like ‘i’m Not Doing As Well As I’d Like.’ It Feels Like ‘god Isn’t Pleased With Me.’

I've Never Given A Speech Without Being Terrified First.

I'm Not Saying Abolish Group Work - I Think There's A Time And A Place For People To Come Together And Exchange Ideas, But Let's Restore The Respect We Once Had For Solitude. And We Need To Be Much More Mindful Of The Way We Come Together.

I Look Back On My Years As A Wall Street Lawyer As Time Spent In A Foreign Country.

Many People Believe That Introversion Is About Being Antisocial, And That's Really A Misperception. Because Actually It's Just That Introverts Are Differently Social. So They Would Prefer To Have A Glass Of Wine With A Close Friend As Opposed To Going To A Loud Party Full Of Strangers.