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

Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.

In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

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

There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.

I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing... I like to think before I speak (softly).