Extroverts
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Cain: Social events energize extroverts but drain introverts after two hours
“If you're an extrovert, you probably find this, like, incredibly energizing, and so after two hours or so,
You're looking for more because you're now hyper energized.
And if you're an introvert, no matter how much you love all those people you were just talk…”
Brooks: The Happiest Couples Pair an Introvert with an Extrovert
“You find that by the way, the happiest couples, they tend to be one introvert and one extrovert.”
Versteeg: Extroverts and introverts differ by only 0.03% in sales success
“And by the way, the only difference between extroverts and introverts in sales success is 0.03%. So let's just debunk that myth. There's no difference in whether you have the gift of the gab or whether you're silent.”
The best leaders are ambiverts rather than pure introverts or extroverts
“The best leaders are not the introverts or the extroverts on average. They're the ambiverts who fall somewhere in the middle of that spectrum and are comfortable flexing and talking and listening.”
Silagadze: Standard corporate hiring processes systematically favor charismatic extroverts
“Virtually all companies out there completely ignore this research and instead implement the same kind of hiring processes that have been shown repeatedly not to work, that have been shown to have tons of bias and be in favor of hiring basically extroverts that…”
Cain: Introverts' Nervous Systems React More Strongly to Stimulation Than Extroverts'
“Really the difference between introverts and extroverts at a neurobiological level is that we have different nervous systems and introverts have nervous systems that react more to stimulation. So for us, The sweet spot is when there's less stimulation around u…”
Cain: Teams Require Introverts and Extroverts to Balance Action and Analysis
“You most definitely want a mix and there's research talking about this, and I think common sense would also say it, because you know, you can imagine it, you have a team, let's say, of all introverts, and it can just become kind of too quiet, and you're kind o…”