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

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.

When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

We don't need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.

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

Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones