So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.

The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

Every American was to become a performing self.

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it.

Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you don't question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing.

Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.