“My shyness has helped me in my discernment of truth.”
Read more >Being “offbeat” would prove crucial to Martin’s huge success later on, and his self-imposed isolation from the cool kids ensured that he would remain quirkily out of sync.
Read more >“I don’t like to be in the limelight,” she said then, “but I like being the person behind the person in the limelight. I like helping people shine.”
Read more >As a public figure with a history of shyness and reclusiveness, Eleanor Roosevelt has a story that complicates the idea that introversion and extroversion are dichotomous or the ends of a continuum between which we can locate our true personalities.
Read more >Most people find it hard to believe, but I’m an introvert. I’m comfortable speaking to 2,000 people about my work, but drop me into a cocktail party with 50 people, and I’m lost.
Read more >Buffett saw that his quiet personality was hindering his dreams in this context, so he did what any methodical, analytical, and motivated introvert would do—researched the problem and studied his way out of it.
Read more >I had to learn how to smile and perform and engage the audience. That’s a skill for me. For other people, it comes naturally. But I had to learn that as part of the business.