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In this article, I want to share with you some of the things I am learning as I'm reading a great book by Susan Cain. This book is called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.

In the first chapter, Susan gives us a historical analysis of how the perception of the ideal personality has changed from one century to another.

From most of the history of civilization, up to the 19th century, there has been a "Culture of character", where traits such as being reserved and introspective were regarded as virtues to some degree. However, as the 20th century came and the population shifted from the agricultural towns to the manufacturing cities, a new ideal emerged.

This ideal is called the "Culture of personality", where an extroverted, persuasive personality, akin to that of a salesman (Which was the type of character businesses most wanted during that era) became the new trait that people began to seek the most.

It is from this "Culture of Personality" that the public's fascination with Movie Stars and performers began. Having a personality larger than life, who could be the life of the party, became a hot commodity, treating the features that compounded introversion now as something more of a disease.

I'm sure you want to learn more, and so do I. Tomorrow, I promise you to continue with this analysis on extroversion vs introversion. I hope you all have learned something from this and: