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It is an extravert’s world. Our society loves people with outgoing personalities who can talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime. This may lead people to believe that a high percentage of the population is extraverted, but recent research estimates that the breakdown is about 50/50. Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, says the problem is that we live in a world where our schools and workplaces favor extraversion, making it seem like there are more extraverts than there really are. Extraversion is seen as a necessity to have a high-powered career. Introversion is viewed negatively, “as somewhere between disappointment and pathology.”

To be self employed or not to be that is the question. This issue is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of business today. With companies continually downsizing it might be time to think about going into business for yourself.