How to pronounce "helm"

get so excited about things

that they're putting their own stamp on things,

and other people's ideas might not as easily then bubble up to the surface.

Now in fact, some of our transformative leaders in history have been introverts.

I'll give you some examples.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi --

all these people described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy.

And they all took the spotlight,

even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.

And this turns out to have a special power all its own,

because people could feel that these leaders were at the helm

not because they enjoyed directing others

and not out of the pleasure of being looked at;

they were there because they had no choice,

because they were driven to do what they thought was right.

Now I think at this point it's important for me to say

that I actually love extroverts.

I always like to say some of my best friends are extroverts,

including my beloved husband.

And we all fall at different points, of course,

along the introvert/extrovert spectrum.