23 introverts who became extremely successful

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding introverts.Some people look at those they consider introverted and toss out all kinds of hyperbole, such as, "they are so shy they would not being able to deliver a speech in a public," or "she is so shy and introverted she does not like people all."However, these almost prejudicial overstatements are rarely the case.After all, introverts have been responsible for some of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind, as well as being some of the most successful business and political leaders in the world.Here are 23 of the most successful introverts in history:SEE ALSO:What 17 successful people read before bedAlbert EinsteinAs one of the world's most recognized and revered physicists of all-time, Einstein has often been quoted as saying, The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and is best remembered as the founding father of the theory of relativityand so much more.Rosa ParksParks became one of the most important Civil Rights-era figures in 1955 after refusing to give her bus seat up toa white man. In the introduction of her bookQuiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Cant Stop Talking, Susan Cain states:I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a busload of glowering passengers. But when she died in 2005 at the age of 92, the flood of obituaries recalled her as soft-spoken, sweet, and small in stature. They said she was timid and shy but had the courage of a lion. They were full of phrases like radical humility and quiet fortitude.Bill GatesThe founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, and world's richest person, was onceaskedhow to succeed in a predominantly extroverted world.Well, I think introverts can do quite well. If you're clever you can learn to get the benefits of being an introvert, which might be, say, being willing to go off for a few days and think about a tough problem, read everything you can, push yourself very hard to think out on the edge of that area. Then, if you come up with something, if you want to hire people, get them excited, build a company around that idea, you better learn what extroverts do, you better hire some extroverts, like Steve Ballmer I would claim as an extrovert, and tap into both sets of skills in order to have a company that thrives both as in deep thinking and building teams and going out into the world to sell those ideas.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Tom Hardy makes a crazy transformation playing identical twins in this new gangster movie
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