We don't need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.

Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.

Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the children who change but their environments. As adults they get to select the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit them. They don't have to live in whatever culture they'er plunked into.

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent.

The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.