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<strong>in</strong>timate backyard talks with her mother,has Alison spend<strong>in</strong>g her afternoonsengaged <strong>in</strong> thoughtful conversation.Alison has even created a network <strong>of</strong>quiet, reflective friends. Although herbest friend <strong>in</strong> the world, Amy, is ahighly charged extrovert just like her,most <strong>of</strong> her other friends are <strong>in</strong>troverts.“I so appreciate people who listenwell,” says Alison. “<strong>The</strong>y are the friendsI go have c<strong>of</strong>fee with. <strong>The</strong>y give me themost spot-on observations. Sometimes Ihaven’t even realized I was do<strong>in</strong>gsometh<strong>in</strong>g counterproductive, and my<strong>in</strong>troverted friends will say, ‘Here’swhat you’re do<strong>in</strong>g, and here are fifteenexamples <strong>of</strong> when you did that sameth<strong>in</strong>g,’ whereas my friend Amywouldn’t even notice. But my <strong>in</strong>trovertedfriends are sitt<strong>in</strong>g back and observ<strong>in</strong>g,and we can really connect overthat.”351/929

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