When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], th…

Susan Cain
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When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion. ✨ Susan Cain (2012). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, p.139, Penguin UK
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When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion. ✨ Susan Cain (2012). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, p.139, Penguin UK

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