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Introversion- Along With Its Cousins Sensitivity, Seriousness, And Shyness- Is Now A Second-class Personality Trait, Somewhere Between A Disappointment And A Pathology. Introverts Living In The Extrovert Ideal Are Like Women In A Man's World, Discounted Because Of A Trait That Goes To The Core Of Who They Are. Extroversion Is An Enormously Appealing Personality Style, But We've Turned It Into An Oppressive Standard To Which Most Of Us Feel We Must Conform.

Theodor Geisel (otherwise Known As Dr. Seuss) Spent His Workdays Ensconced In His Private Studio, The Walls Lined With Sketches And Drawings, In A Bell-tower Outside His La Jolla, California, House. Geisel Was A Much More Quiet Man Than His Jocular Rhymes Suggest. He Rarely Ventured Out In Public To Meet His Young Readership, Fretting That Kids Would Expect A Merry, Outspoken, Cat In The Hat–like Figure, And Would Be Disappointed With His Reserved Personality. “in Mass, [children] Terrify Me,” He Admitted.

Shyness Is Inherently Uncomfortable; Introversion Is Not. The Traits Do Overlap, Though Psychologists Debate To What Degree.

Introverts .. May Have Strong Social Skills And Enjoy Parties And Business Meetings, But After A While Wish They Were Home In Their Pajamas.

Introverts Are Offered Keys To Private Gardens Full Of Riches. To Possess Such A Key Is To Tumble Like Alice Down Her Rabbit Hole. She Didn't Choose To Go To Wonderland - But She Made Of It An Adventure That Was Fresh And Fantastic And Very Much Her Own.