Welcome to chapter six of Fitzsull. This has been Greenfield and every week I'm giving you a new chapter from my new book at Fitzsullbook.com.

You can get the book for free actually as a download or you can order the physical version straight to your house.

But I'm also giving you chapters each week right here on my podcast.

Chapter six. The Hidden Epidemic.

Perhaps it's genetics or perhaps it's because I was homeschooled K through 12 in rural Idaho but I'm an introvert through and through.

Yes, I'm that guy at busy conferences who ducks away to my room to go recharge my batteries every few hours.

Something I can only accomplish by escaping the crowds and being entirely by myself.

I thrive on long walks, multi hour hikes and extended bike rides usually alone.

I've become exhausted at networking events and cocktail parties and often slip away early to sleep to curl up with a good book or just to meditate.

And breathe even at family events I can often be found often some quiet corner reading strumming on my guitar ukulele.

As a matter of fact, when I was a child my parents had to coax me, persuade me and yes even threaten me with punishment.

To actually get my nose out of a book and be gracious enough to ever so briefly emerge from my bedroom to say a quick hello to any guests we had at the house.

After which I would subsequently rush back to my room and curl up once again with my book.

Usually reading until 3 or 4 a.m. and consuming several books each day and night.

That's the kind of kid I was.

A multitude of personality tests that I've taken including the quiet revolution test and the Myers-Briggs analysis.

Both of which I'll link to if you go to fitsolebook.com forward slash chapter six.

That's fitsolebook.com forward slash chapter at the number six.

Have backed this up.

I'm an introvert through and through.

But at the same time, even though I'm completely happy being a loner,

I now go out of my way to ensure that as uncomfortable or unnatural as it was initially for me.

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