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ABOUT Quiet:
What do Bill Gates, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Rose Park have in common? They're all introverts.

Though seen as a personality disorder that needs to be overcome many times, introversion is a positive and useful personality type.

American culture undervalues introversion and idealizes extroversion without realizing the far-reaching effects. Some negative effects are: alienation of "the quiet;" failure to learn or benefit from the introverts' strengths; lack of creativity due to forced collaboration and group work; stressful relationships due to a lack of understanding of introverted/extroverted differences, etc.

Learn about the latest neuroscientific research on personality, some interesting facts about introversion and, while doing that, grasp why we should appreciate introversion.