Author's Note xi
Introduction: The North and South of Temperament 1(18)
PART ONE THE EXTROVERT IDEAL
1 The Rise Of The "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal
19(15)
2 The Myth Of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later
34(37)
3 When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone
71(26)
PART TWO YOUR BIOLOGY, YOUR SELF?
4 Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis
97(18)
5 Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts)
115(15)
6 "Franklin Was A Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out Of Conscience": Why Cool Is Overrated
130(25)
7 Why Did Wall Street Crash And Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently
155(26)
PART THREE DO ALL CULTURES HAVE AN EXTROVERT IDEAL?
8 Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal
181(24)
PART FOUR HOW TO LOVE, HOW TO WORK
9 When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are?
205(19)
10 The Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type
224(17)
11 On Cobblers And Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them
241(23)
Conclusion: Wonderland 264(3)
A Note on the Dedication 267(2)
A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert 269(4)
Acknowledgments 273(4)
Notes 277(48)
Index 325