Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Time for a “Free Trait Agreement?: A deal between introverts and extroverts?

A Free Trait Agreement acknowledges that we’ll each act of character some of the time-in exchange for being ourselves the rest of the time. It’s a Free Trait Agreement when a wife wants to go out every Saturday night and a husband who wants to relax work out a schedule: half the time we’ll goContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Time for a “Free Trait Agreement?: A deal between introverts and extroverts?”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The nature of an introvert

“ If you’re an introvert, find your flow by using your gifts. You have the power of perseverance, the tenacity to solve complex problems, and the clear sightedness to avoid pitfalls that trip others up. You enjoy relative freedom from temptations of superficial prizes like money and status. Indeed, your biggest challenge may be toContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The nature of an introvert”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; introverts vs. extroverts

“Introverts think before they act, digest information thoroughly, stay on task longer, give up less easily, and work more accurately. Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts tend to sit around wondering about things, imagining things, recalling events from their past, and making plansContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; introverts vs. extroverts”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; The reward-sensitive person

A reward-sensitive person is highly motivated to seek rewards-from a promotion to a lottery jackpot to an enjoyable evening out with friends. Reward sensitivity motivates us to pursue goals like sex and money, social status and influence. It prompts us to climb ladders and reach for far away branches in order to gather life’s choicestContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; The reward-sensitive person”