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<strong>in</strong>terior monologue was <strong>The</strong> route tosuccess is to be the sort <strong>of</strong> person I amnot. This is not self-monitor<strong>in</strong>g; it isself-negation. Where Jillian acts out <strong>of</strong>character for the sake <strong>of</strong> worthy tasksthat temporarily require a different orientation,Alison believes that there issometh<strong>in</strong>g fundamentally wrong withwho she is.It’s not always so easy, it turns out,to identify your core personal projects.And it can be especially tough for <strong>in</strong>troverts,who have spent so much <strong>of</strong> theirlives conform<strong>in</strong>g to extroverted normsthat by the time they choose a career,or a call<strong>in</strong>g, it feels perfectly normal toignore their own preferences. <strong>The</strong>y maybe un<strong>com</strong>fortable <strong>in</strong> law school or nurs<strong>in</strong>gschool or <strong>in</strong> the market<strong>in</strong>g department,but no more so than they wereback <strong>in</strong> middle school or summer camp.614/929

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