Figure Out What You Are Meant To

Solitude Is Out Of Fashion. Our Companies, Our Schools And Our Culture Are In Thrall To An Idea I Call The New Groupthink, Which Holds That Creativity And Achievement Come From An Oddly Gregarious Place.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — All These Peopled Described Themselves As Quiet And Soft-spoken And Even Shy. And They All Took The Spotlight, Even Though Every Bone In Their Bodies Was Telling Them Not To.

Do You Really Believe In What You Said Or Wrote – In The Thing That’s Bringing Criticism? And If I Do Believe It, I Can Withstand Anything.

The Secret To Life Is To Put Yourself In The Right Lighting. For Some, It's A Broadway Spotlight; For Others, A Lamplit Desk. Use Your Natural Powers -- Of Persistence, Concentration, And Insight -- To Do Work You Love And Work That Matters. Solve Problems. Make Art, Think Deeply.

Though Shyness Per Se Was Unacceptable, Reserve Was A Mark Of Good Breeding.