Introverts .. May Have Strong

We Don’t Ask Why God Chose As His Prophet A Stutterer With A Public Speaking Phobia. But We Should. The Book Of Exodus Is Short On Explication, But Its Stories Suggest That Introversion Plays Yin To The Yang Of Extroversion; That The Medium Is Not Always The Message; And That People Followed Moses Because His Words Were Thoughtful, Not Because He Spoke Them Well.

The Next Time You See A Person With A Composed Face And A Soft Voice, Remember That Inside Her Mind She Might Be Solving An Equation, Composing A Sonnet, Designing A Hat. She Might, That Is, Be Deploying The Power Of Quiet.

Introverts Need To Trust Their Gut And Share Their Ideas As Powerfully As They Can. This Does Not Mean Aping Extroverts; Ideas Can Be Shared Quietly, They Can Be Communicated In Writing, They Can Be Packaged Into Highly Produced Lectures, They Can Be Advanced By Allies. The Trick For Introverts Is To Honor Their Own Styles Instead Of Allowing Themselves To Be Swept Up By Prevailing Norms.

Any Time People Come Together In A Meeting, We're Not Necessarily Getting The Best Ideas; We're Just Getting The Ideas Of The Best Talkers.

In The First Study, Grant And His Colleagues Analyzed Data From One Of The Five Biggest Pizza Chains In The United States. They Discovered That The Weekly Profits Of The Stores Managed By Extroverts Were 16 Percent Higher Than The Profits Of Those Led By Introverts—but Only When The Employees Were Passive Types Who Tended To Do Their Job Without Exercising Initiative. Introverted Leaders Had The Exact Opposite Results. When They Worked With Employees Who Actively Tried To Improve Work Procedures, Their Stores Outperformed Those Led By Extroverts By More Than 14 Percent.