The Happy Introvert: A Wild and Crazy Guide for Celebrating Your True Self
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Book Overview
BE INTROVERTED
BE HAPPY All your life you've heard the myths . . .
-Introverts are depressed and lonely.
-Introverts wish they were more outgoing.
-Introverts lack self-confidence. These stereotypes about introverts have been propagated by the people who do all the loud talking--the extroverts. To counter these (and many more) common misconceptions, author Elizabeth Wagele, a self-proclaimed introvert, offers a book that delivers the truth: The Happy Introvert.
This compassionate guide explores the rich inner world you as an introvert enjoy. The insightful advice--presented in a fun format of provocative quizzes wacky cartoons and inspiring quotes--will help you better appreciate your uniqueness.
With The Happy Introvert, you'll learn to navigate the extroverted world without compromising your creative, independent self.
Customer Reviews
Rated 5 starsHappily recommended
Sing quietly to yourself for joy. In The Happy Introvert, Elizabeth Wagele shows by example the fun an introvert can have. Sly, smart, and elegant cartoons, quotations, research, humor and more gently lead the reader to the realization that alone is not necessarily lonely but just a good place to play. Elizabeth Wagele makes me smile. Now I'm a happy introvert too! Highly recommended for pure delight.
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Rated 5 starsIntuitive and revealing
This book is both charming and educational. I recommend it to anyone curious about how the traits and motives of their friends and non-friends are formed. The author has thoughtfully researched and presented a logical way of comprehending the conflicts of personalities with gentle humor. Elizabeth Wagele's map for self-exploration and understanding is engaging and not at all daunting. She encourages us to embrace and not...
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Rated 5 starsThe Happy Introvert
I highly recommend The Happy Introvert -- it is a great and useful read. The author has a fresh, lively and down to earth way of looking at what it means to be introverted, Her approach serves so many goals: stimulating the creative process, encouraging introspect and self appreciation, enhancing parenting skills and communication, and furthering our empathic understand and sense of humour for our wonderful differences...
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Rated 5 stars"The Happy Introvert" is the Friendliest Book I Have Ever Read
"The Happy Introvert" is the Friendliest Book I Have Ever Read. I feel I've made a new friend and the friend is me. I thought I knew who I was but I was being overly influenced by this extraverted culture we're a part of. This book helped me appreciate the positive sides of myself more by pointing out the many potentials we introverts have. And I thank the book for explaining the neurological basis for introversion and extraversion...
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Rated 5 starsA Visual and Intellectual Delight
The title tells it all. The verbal sketches are fine and fun, and the drawings, cartoons, are a pure delight. In short, you don't have to have the stamina of someone who reads Proust or Jung to ride the wave of this wonderful exploration of the inner life of those whom the more "out there" types call introverts. And if you're an extrovert, you'll love to open to a great cartoon and share it with the lady behind you in the...
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