If you Google âfamous introverts,â youâll get an interesting list of luminaries: Albert Einstein, Rosa Parks, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, and many others. âBut wait,â you might say. âHow can people like that be shy?" If thatâs your response, youâve made the common mistake of confusing introversion for shyness.
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