Name: The Introvert's Way
ISBN: 9780399537691

Sophia Dembling

This guide encourages those with shy, introverted personalities to honor the traits that make them unique and help them to not feel like they are antisocial and unfriendly, but that they prefer quiet time alone and one-on-one connections. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World

The Introvert's Way

Kim Tyo-Dickerson

Some wonderful insights that made me laugh then read out loud to my husband:

"We know what it feels like to have our energy drained by too much interaction. It feels like my brain is tired, almost like a muscle would be tired. The more depleted my psychic energy is, the slower my thoughts come, the harder it is to speak full sentences or focus on what's going on around me" (69).

Also:

"Know what introverts hate? Team building exercises. Know what else? Brainstorming sessions" (157).

I wish the spark and fun of her analysis and anecdotes had kept up. Became a bit fatigued and disappointed by the introvert-extrovert opposition that revved up for the last few chapters, and I found myself skimming what felt repetitive by the end. 

A solid, worthwhile pep talk for those of us embracing our introversion and trying to set some solitude-sure-feels-good boundaries for our lives, perfect for before bed reading. Not as revolutionary as Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, but sprinkled with some real gems along the way.

The Introvert's Way Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World

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