Author’s Note
INTRODUCTION
Part One
THE EXTROVERT IDEAL
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THE RISE OF THE “MIGHTY LIKEABLE FELLOW”: How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal
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THE MYTH OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later
3
WHEN COLLABORATION KILLS CREATIVITY: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone
Part TWO
YOUR BIOLOGY, YOUR SELF?
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IS TEMPERAMENT DESTINY? Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis
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BEYOND TEMPERAMENT: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts)
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“FRANKLIN WAS A POLITICIAN, BUT ELEANOR SPOKE OUT OF CONSCIENCE” Why Cool Is Overrated
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WHY DID WALL STREET CRASH AND WARREN BUFFETT PROSPER? How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently
Part Three
DO ALL CULTURES HAVE AN EXTROVERT IDEAL?
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SOFT POWER Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal
Part Four
HOW TO LOVE, HOW TO WORK
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WHEN SHOULD YOU ACT MORE EXTROVERTED THAN YOU REALLY ARE?
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THE COMMUNICATION GAP: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type
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ON COBBLERS AND GENERALS: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can’t Hear Them
CONCLUSION
Wonderland
A Note on the Dedication
A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert
Acknowledgments
Notes
