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There's Still Hope, Introverts!

"Your son really needs to speak up!" "Why don't you join personality development classes?" "Marketing? For an introvert like you? You should take up finance." "You have a lot of great ideas, Tanuj. On paper they look superb. Just make sure you're vocal enough about them."      Didn't quite catch what I was getting at? Or may be you did. The above four verbatim comments are few of the many that have tried to deride my personality as an introvert, self-centered, a recluse, and even a laconic social outcast. Yes, that climax got a bit out of hand, but that just about covers everything that many "introverts" like me are subjected to at different points of life. This is no self-establishing, putting-my-foot-down article; just a fresh look at what the world of marketing needs in terms of personalities.      It isn't necessary that we fall into one particular personality category or type. We can be "d