One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.

Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business.

Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.

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

It's not that there is no small talk...It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but at the end...Sensitive people...'enjoy small talk only after they've gone deep' says Strickland. 'When sensitive people are in environments that nurture their authenticity, they laugh and chitchat just as much as anyone else.

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.