The word personality didn’t exist in English until the eighteenth century, and the idea of having a good personality was not widespread until the twentieth.
The amount of space per employee shrank from 500 square feet in the 1970s to 200 square feet in 2010, according to Peter Miscovich, a managing director at the real estate brokerage firm Jones Lang LaS...
Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But gre...
Of course, there’s another word for such people: thinkers.
Emily is talking to Greg about dinner parties, not divorce, but her communication style echoes Celia’s. When she and Greg disagree, her voice gets quiet and flat, her manner slightly distant. What she...
Aron has noted that sensitive people tend to speak softly because that’s how they prefer others to communicate with them.
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. Parenting can pose un...
You want to make sure that your spouse cares what other people think. It’s better to mind too much than to mind too little.
Introverts are geared to inspect and extroverts geared to respond.
Components of the ability to
Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and one of the wealthiest men in the world, has used exactly the attributes we’ve explored in this chapter—intellectual persistence, prudent thinking, and the ab...
Use your natural powers - of persistence, concentration, and insight - to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, and think deeply
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...
Introverts recharge their batteries by being alone;
Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.
If this is true—if solitude is an important key to creativity—then we might all want to develop a taste for it. We’d want to teach our kids to work independently. We’d want to give employees plenty of...
Don’t mistake assertiveness or eloquence for good ideas.
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Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality.
When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, monitor your progress, and revise accordingly.