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

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need to make them easier, and reward yourself when you're done.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

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

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.