The Introvert Advantage

How to Thrive in an Extrovert World

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Marti Olsen Laney: The Introvert Advantage (2002, Workman Publishing Company)

Paperback, 256 pages

English language

Published Feb. 1, 2002 by Workman Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-7611-2369-9
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3 stars

I didn't get much out of this book, even though I thought I'm an introvert. It's so much about how you shouldn't feel bad about being one, which is good, but goes a bit haywire on how much you should be cuddled up to. It suggested, to me at least, that you need to be protected and all the things you have to consider to survive.

Maybe I'm just not the right person to read this one, but it was just a bunch of "you are good the way you are" and "you poor little thing" repeated over and over again. Oh and soooo many lists.

It's probably helpful if you are totally overwhelmed by life and by you being an introvert, giving you very detailed tips on how survive practically every situation. If you are not part of this very small subset of introverts, you better skip this one.

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Some useful points, but you have to slog through a lot to get to them. Points are repeated more than needed. The energy metaphor is done to death. Too much cheerleading for introverts and not enough info on how to thrive.

It seems like the author expected people to only read one or two chapters. If you read them all they're highly repetitious.

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Subjects

  • Popular psychology
  • Self-Help
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Family & Relationships / Interpersonal Relations
  • PSYCHOLOGY / Personality
  • Introversion
  • General
  • Interpersonal Relations