When You're More Focused In

Introverts, In Contrast, May Have Strong Social Skills And Enjoy Parties And Business Meetings, But After A While Wish They Were Home In Their Pajamas. They Prefer To Devote Their Social Energies To Close Friends, Colleagues, And Family. They Listen More Than They Talk, Think Before They Speak, And Often Feel As If They Express Themselves Better In Writing Than In Conversation. They Tend To Dislike Conflict. Many Have A Horror Of Small Talk, But Enjoy Deep Discussions.

We Know From Myths And Fairy Tales That There Are Many Different Kinds Of Powers In This World. One Child Is Given A Light Saber, Another A Wizard's Education. The Trick Is Not To Amass All The Different Kinds Of Power, But To Use Well The Kind You've Been Granted.

Most People Who Have Grown Up Introverted In This Very Extroverted Culture Of Ours Have Had Painful Experiences Of Feeling Like They Are Out Of Step With What's Expected Of Them.

I Look Back On My Years As A Wall Street Lawyer As Time Spent In A Foreign Country.

Even When The Attention Focused On Me Is Positive, I Am Uncomfortable Being Looked At By A Lot Of People - It's Just Not My Natural State Of Being.