Review: Good for beginner introvert reading?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
I found this book fairly helpful but have known I've been an introvert for a very long time. This book would help people who don't know for sure if they are an introvert but notice a difference in their personality.  Amber Keyes explains different techniques you can use in order to fit in with the extroverts and get your job done. And for being a great boss, well that takes skills you can learn from management courses. If you are not good at getting into other peoples faces and visa versa then become your own boss somehow or work at another level.  At times in the book she  practically gives you step by step directions on what to do in certain situations.  This may come in handy one day if you can remember them, but given her line of work, explaining what she does to get through the day would not help anyone unless they had the same job.  I have read a few books on being an introvert and I have come to the conclusion that there is no special way to know the situations you will get into that makes you feel uncomfortable whether an introvert or extrovert. Just be yourself and don't be so hell bent to fit in everywhere. There are a lot of extroverts that are introverts and at the end of their day I'm sure they are mentally exhausted. I truly don't want to have to stay on my P's & Q's to make sure all is well with my relationship to the world and the people in it. I believe the only advantage to being an introvert is that you have more creativity and you give your thoughts to more than just how many friends you can collect on Face Book. Science and technology are ruled by introverts. So I say don't categorize yourself into one group or the other because YOU are YOU.  As the book suggested, you may need to hone your skills for small talk in order to be polite but hopefully it may turn into a small, interesting talk, you never know. It's been known to happen.