A brief 2014 introvert year in review
On the face of it, 2014 wasn’t a “huge” year for introverts. It wasn’t nearly as groundbreaking as 2012, when Susan Cain published her book Quiet and gave her now-famous TED talk. Or as viral as 2003, when Jonathan Rauch posted his essay “Caring for Your...
500 Petition Signatures!
Update 2/4: We have over 1000 signatures now! One week ago Jenn, from Introvert Dear, and I started collecting signatures to tell four dictionaries — Google, Dictionary.com, Oxford Dictionary, and Cambridge Online Dictionary — that their definition of “introvert” is...Introvert Interview with Lyle Wiggins
Welcome to our Introvert Interviews series, where I talk to introverts from all walks of life about their experiences and their introversion. Meet Lyle Wiggins. Lyle is a newsletter subscriber who answered my call for interviewees. I’m always amazed at how...
Redefining Introvert
Introversion and shyness are different concepts. I’ve written about this. Many, many other bloggers have written about this. Susan Cain even mentioned this in her TED talk that has over 10 million views. And yet shy is how three prominent online dictionaries have...Join the Newsletter
