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to their own devices, they don’t stop.And so they don’t learn to avoid thetrouble star<strong>in</strong>g them <strong>in</strong> the face. Newmansays that this is exactly whatmight happen to extroverts like TedTurner when bidd<strong>in</strong>g for a <strong>com</strong>pany onauction. “When a person bids up toohigh,” he told me, “that’s because theydidn’t <strong>in</strong>hibit a response they shouldhave <strong>in</strong>hibited. <strong>The</strong>y didn’t consider <strong>in</strong>formationthat should have been weigh<strong>in</strong>gon their decision.”<strong>Introverts</strong>, <strong>in</strong> contrast, are constitutionallyprogrammed to downplay reward—tokill their buzz, you mightsay—and scan for problems. “As soonthey get excited,” says Newman,“they’ll put the brakes on and th<strong>in</strong>kabout peripheral issues that may bemore important. <strong>Introverts</strong> seem to bespecifically wired or tra<strong>in</strong>ed so whenthey catch themselves gett<strong>in</strong>g excited480/929

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