Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.

An extrovert is more likely to share immediate reactions and process information through conversation.

America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts.

Introverts are more effective leaders of proactive employees. When you have a creative, energetic work force, an introvert is going to draw out that energy better.

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.