Do not be: closed people are more successful

What do people like Warren Buffett, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Larry Page? They - a sort of icon. Leaders. And ... introverts.

In modern Western society introverts feel unlucky, pessimistic disappointed in life, says Susan Kane in his book "Silence: The Power of introverts in the world who talks too much." We were taught at school: "Speak," "Sell yourself!". Self-confident, arrogant alpha male was sinonimomuspeshnogo human leader. However, this is not always the case ...
First, the terms "introvert" and "extrovert" in widespread use has introduced a psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung in the 20s of last century. According to the definition by Susan Kane, introverts - people who prefer to stay in a relaxed atmosphere, enjoy samokontsentratsiey, listen more than talk and think before you say something. Extroverts do not imagine themselves without a society, think aloud and doing several things at once.
Cult ekstravertizma appeared only in the U.S. in the 20th century - before that move was a "culture of character" of morality. However, when a mass migration of people into the cities, the question arose: How can you stand out among thousands of employees in large corporations? This is how the "culture of personality." Persistence, vainglory, hyperactivity and talkativeness are positive qualities.
Often, these ideals are inverted prevent employers consider nastoyaschietalanty, says Kane. Because those who say more, are smarter than those who weighs every word. However, it is silent genius that long and hard to come to his goal, more successful, confident writer.