I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas. It's so easy to confuse schmoozing ability with talent. Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They're valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.
Susan CainDo you really believe in what you said or wrote โ in the thing thatโs bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can withstand anything.
Susan Cain...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that Iโm never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.
Susan CainTheodor Geisel (otherwise known as Dr. Seuss) spent his workdays ensconced in his private studio, the walls lined with sketches and drawings, in a bell-tower outside his La Jolla, California, house. Geisel was a much more quiet man than his jocular rhymes suggest. He rarely ventured out in public to meet his young readership, fretting that kids would expect a merry, outspoken, Cat in the Hatโlike figure, and would be disappointed with his reserved personality. โIn mass, [children] terrify me,โ he admitted.
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