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esearch on dopam<strong>in</strong>e and buzz seemsto imply that extroverts, and extrovertsalone, are happily motivated to workhard by the excitement they get frompursu<strong>in</strong>g their goals. As an <strong>in</strong>trovert, Iwas puzzled by this idea when I firstcame across it. It didn’t reflect my ownexperience. I’m <strong>in</strong> love with my workand always have been. I wake up <strong>in</strong> themorn<strong>in</strong>g excited to get started. So whatdrives people like me?One answer is that even if thereward-sensitivity theory <strong>of</strong> extroversionturns out to be correct, we can’tsay that all extroverts are always moresensitive to rewards and blasé aboutrisk, or that all <strong>in</strong>troverts are constantlyunmoved by <strong>in</strong>centives and vigilantabout threats. S<strong>in</strong>ce the days <strong>of</strong> Aristotle,philosophers have observed thatthese two modes—approach<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>gsthat appear to give pleasure and492/929

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