Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones

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.

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.

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

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.