It's not that there is no small talk... It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but at the end... Sensitive people...'enjoy small talk only after they've gone deep' says Strickland. 'When sensitive people are in environments that nurture their authenticity, they laugh and chitchat just as much as anyone else. Susan Cain
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  1. Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured... Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.

  2. What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are...

  3. A Manifesto for Introverts1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers.2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths.4. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Sometimes it helps to...

  4. So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.

  5. The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings.

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