Solitude Matters. And For Some People It's

The Purpose Of School Should Be To Prepare Kids For The Rest Of Their Lives, But Too Often What Kids Need To Be Prepared For Is Surviving The School Day Itself.

One Honest Relationship Can Be More Productive Than Fistfuls Of Business Cards.

The Emphasis Is On Community, On Participating In More And More Programs And Events, On Meeting More And More People. It’s A Constant Tension For Many Introverts That They’re Not Living That Out. And In A Religious World, There’s More At Stake When You Feel That Tension. It Doesn’t Feel Like ‘i’m Not Doing As Well As I’d Like.’ It Feels Like ‘god Isn’t Pleased With Me.’

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.

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.