IN CLOSING

SUSAN CAIN DESCRIBED INTROVERTS using the analogy of orchids—they may need a bit of protection and coaxing while they’re still growing, but once they’ve matured, they can blossom all the same (and they can even sell for oodles of money to boot!).

I’d like to share something that the Wharton School of Business’s Adam Grant wants to remind us of: “Understand yourself, but don’t be tied down because of it. When you learn more about who you are, you’re more capable of consciously surpassing your limits. You don’t need to limit your potential based on labels like ‘introvert’ or ‘extrovert.’”

If you’re intrigued and want to learn more about me, I’d like to welcome you to visit www.injill.com, or join the LinkedIn community “Introvert Café,” where we can come together and share big issues and trivial nonsense from our workplaces and lives. I also look forward to seeing the future workplace transform into a beautiful orchid garden where introverts aren’t kept from blossoming to their full potential.