Susan Cain is the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. In her excellent TED talk featured below, she explains how society should embrace introverts. She explains how our schools and businesses were designed for extroverts, but there is a way to make introverts feel more included. She spent seven years working on her book, and spent the better half of last year working on her speech:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yyeJ1jaGDU h=400 w=600]

As an introvert myself, I found the talk inspiring.