Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.

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

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?

Every American was to become a performing self.