“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.” ~Voltaire
Welcome to my page that provides information, resources and links that support the mighty introvert! I will continue to fill in this page with great content, and you can also visit my “Inspiration & Information” page for more.
In addition, you can read a few of my blog posts that describe and celebrate our introvert personality. See “Related Posts” at the bottom of this page.
www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp
www.andrewsobel.com/articles/view/introverts,-extroverts,-and-billy-joel
www.utne.com/Spirituality/solitude-leadership-william-deresiewicz-speech.aspx
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/03/caring-for-your-introvert/2696/
The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney
Life Types by Sandra Hirsh & Jean Kummerow
Personality Type: An Owner’s Manual by Lenore Thomson
Type Talk at Work by Otto Kroeger with Janet Thuesen & Hile Rutledge
Self-Promotion for Introverts by Nancy Ancowitz
The Introverted Leader by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
Introvert Power by Laurie Helgoe
The Introvert Entrepreneur by Beth Buelow (coming soon!)
Famous Introverts
Julia Roberts, actress
Meg Ryan, actress
Christina Aguilera, singer
Johnny Carson, TV personality
Barbara Walters, journalist
Albert Einstein, physicist
Thomas Edison, inventor
Jane Goodall, naturalist
Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former first lady[pullquote]“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.” ~Albert Einstein[/pullquote]Laura Bush, first lady
William, Prince of Wales
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president
Al Gore, former vice president
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president
Clint Eastwood, actor/director
Harrison Ford, actor
Tom Hanks, actor
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, film director
Jack Lemmon, late actor
Bill Macy, actor
Steve Martin, all-around talented guy
Noah Wiley, actor
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder
Warren Buffet, investor and philanthropist
Brenda Barnes, former CEO, Sara Lee and PepsiCo
Paul Bulcke, CEO, Nestle
Mark Zuckerberg, founder, Facebook
Jack Dorsey, inventor, Twitter
(sources: The Introvert Advantage, The Mighty Introvert, The Introverted Leader Blog)
Harrison Ford, actor
Tom Hanks, actor
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, film director
Jack Lemmon, late actor
Bill Macy, actor
Steve Martin, all around talented guy
Noah Wiley, actor