Psychopaths and heroes are twigs on the same genetic branch.
My impression of you, Professor Ni told Raj gently, is that I can give you a lot of work to do, but I don't have to pay much attention to you. Remember, in Silicon Valley, you can be the smartest, mos...
If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth.
Don is a bitter introvert, as he cheerfully puts it—bitter because the more time he spends at HBS, the more convinced he becomes that he’d better change his ways.
Bolder animals sally forth, swallowed regularly by those farther up the food chain but surviving when food is scarce and they need to assume more risk.
Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never bite or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his bite to mean that she’s terribly guilty— of something, anyt...
Kids stop learning when they feel emotionally threatened.
It makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading initiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in dominating social situations, introverts are mor...
Difference has to do with how the two cultures define respect.
You have to be someone who speaks well and calls attention to yourself. It's an elitism based on something other than merit.
Why shouldn’t quiet be strong? And what else can quiet do that we don’t give it credit for?
Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people are like extroverts, but the effort costs them in energy, authenticity, and even physical health. Others seem aloof or self-co...
The upsides of the high-reactive temperament have been documented in exciting research that scientists are only now beginning to pull together. One of the most interesting findings, also reported in D...
The New Groupthink is also practiced in our schools, via an increasingly popular method of instruction called cooperative or small group learning. In many elementary schools, the traditional rows of s...
The New Groupthink did not arise at one precise moment. Cooperative learning, corporate teamwork, and open office plans emerged at different times and for different reasons. But the mighty force that...
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...
Respect for individual human personality has with us reached its lowest point, observed one intellectual in 1921, and it is delightfully ironical that no nation is so constantly talking about personal...
Outstanding introverted leaders, such as Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Patrick White and Arthur Boyd, who have created either new fields of thought or rearranged existing knowledge, have spent long per...
Or you’re told that you’re in your head too much, a phrase that’s often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there’s another word for such people: thinkers.
One noteworthy study suggests that people who suppress negative emotions tend to leak those emotions later in unexpected ways. The psychologist Judith Grob asked people to hide their emotions as she s...