I spent way too long trying to become an extrovert instead of harnessing my unique powers of my introversion.
As most introverts do, growing up, Susan received implicit messages about the insufficiency of introverts. But the truth is, we need introverts. When introverts don’t be introverted, everyone loses.
We should be thinking much more often about temperament pairings in leadership.
Temperament informs our person as deeply as does gender. And while to some degree, we’re all “Ambiverts” (there’s no such thing as a pure introvert or pure extrovert), we need to learn how to harness the power of introversion.