Misconceptions About Introverts in the Workplace

Misconceptions About Introverts in the Workplace

“I believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.” - Susan Cain (American writer and lecturer)

Susan Cain recounts a story about her childhood summer camp in the TED Talk, “The Power of Introverts”:

“Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol. And on the very first day our counselor gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit. And it went like this: ‘R-O-W-D-I-E, that’s the way we spell rowdie. Rowdie, rowdie, let’s get rowdie.’ So I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly. But... I recited the cheer along with everybody else.

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