Quiet but interested

(cont'd)

Maybe the main point of the book Quiet is that America ought to stop trying to make introverts more extroverted.  I agree, don't try to make everybody work in groups (as she emphasizes in her TED talk).

But let's admit that introverts, if they are Believers, will have to deal with their tendency to keep people at arm's length because people are God's idea and they are important.  My friend Dave sets a good example.  A quiet person, he's yet really interested in people and engages when he's in a one-on-one situation.

Here's a suggestion:  though author Susan Cain doesn't like the old self-help classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, it has practical advice for how to relate to people.  You don't have to be in sales to learn how to be more of a blessing to just about everyone who encounters you.