Author's Note 13
Introduction: The North and South of Temperament 15
Part 1 The Extrovert Ideal
1 The Rise of the "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal 43
2 The Myth of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later 67
3 When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone 128
Part 2 Your Biology, Your Self?
4 Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis 171
5 Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts) 200
6 "Franklin was a Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out of Conscience": Why Cool is Overrated 225
7 Why Did Wall Street Crash and Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently 266
Part 3 Do All Cultures Have an Extrovert Ideal?
8 Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal 307
Part 4 How to Love, How to Work
9 When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are? 347
10 The Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type 379
11 On Cobblers and Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them 408
Conclusion: Wonderland 447
A Note on the Dedication 452
A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert 455
Acknowledgments 459
Notes 465