Introvert Power is a self-help book about celebrating your introverted identity and recognizing its strengths, instead of trying to be more extroverted and running out of energy, or becoming a hermit - the typical introvert responses to social overstimulation. The title is very appropriate - it's a very empowering message for introverts.

Personally, I'm trying to work on *reducing* my ego and I don't crave power, so some of her rah-rah'ing came off as presumptuous, for me: She makes a lot of assumptions about what introverts are struggling with and what their values are. But for the most part, she's spot on - the book is jam-packed with useful insights and tips to help introverts assert themselves and live more honestly (instead of "performing" as false extroverts).

Helgoe argues that while many cultures demand that we behave in very extroverted ways, many of us secretly wish we could take a little time out to ourselves - to engage in thinking and wondering and daydreaming, writing or reading or gaming or doing math, and otherwise reveling in quiet intimacy, or solitude. This is where many of us can do our best work - but we often hide our introversion, make excuses for it, or don't even recognize how much creative potential we wield in these "pauses". Helgoe notes that the true ratio of introverts to extroverts is about 50/50, and introversion and extroversion appear to be merely extremes on a continuum, giving this book a broad appeal.