The party was whatever. Good food, people I actually liked, and conversation that didn’t require too much effort. By any measure, a success. And yet by nine o’clock, something in me had quietly ...

Key Takeaways Introverts often internally process the world around them, including their work.If you're introverted, maximize your strengths at work and play up your ability to listen intently, ...

Social introverts, thinking introverts, anxious introverts and restrained introverts all have positive qualities.

Until I read Susan Cain's book Quiet I never consciously realized I was ashamed of being an introvert. It was one of life's "aha" moments. I personally don't need to believe introversion is a virtue ...

I recall sitting in my car in the parking lot after a long dinner party, engine off, hands still on the steering wheel. Inside, I’d been pleasant. Engaged. I asked questions, laughed at the right ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author of Dream Teams. CEO of SHOWRUNNER. Keynote speaker. “Are you an introvert or an extrovert?” It’s such a common, casual ...

Add DMNews to your Google News feed. I used to believe that my tendency to be quiet and reflective made me less visible, like I was fading into the background in busy social settings. Yet each time I ...

If you've read the comments on this blog, you probably noticed that there are 1,001 ways to be introverted. We can talk about introversion all we want, but the fact is, researchers haven't ...

Some of history’s most notable and successful leaders were known for their intuition: Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey and Albert Einstein, to name a few. But going with your gut doesn’t work for all ...

Since people increasingly recognize a tendency to withdraw from others as a common sign of depression, someone who doesn’t know you well might assume these traits mean you have depression, or perhaps ...

Are introversion and shyness the same thing? When I interviewed Wellesley College psychologist Jonathan Cheek, he said it depends on who you ask. So I next asked Louis A. Schmidt, director of the ...