About The Satisfied Introvert: How I Broke Free from the False Self I Created and Started Living Authentically (So Can You) by Benjamin Plumb
He wore a mask of certainty for decades—until it nearly cost him everything.
Benjamin Plumb’s life reads like an introvert’s worst nightmare: terror during US Army field training, fear during enemy night attacks in Vietnam, forced extroversion at Harvard, chaos during economic collapse in Chile, and shock from an extortion attempt by Manuel Noriega in Panama.
In this new and expanded edition of The Satisfied Introvert, Plumb shares how he tried and failed to endure these and other pressures by clinging to a “winning recipe,” a protective mask he built from an early age to succeed in an extroverted world. But it brought anxiety, disconnection, and an inauthentic life, one of performing instead of living.
His recipe—an obsession with process and certainty—earned him academic acclaim, yet eventually led to personal ruin. What changed everything was learning to live without the mask.
Inside The Satisfied Introvert . . .
• Introverts will learn to recognize and detach from the detrimental “winning recipe” they have likely been relying on since childhood.
• Family members and friends of introverts will discover how it feels for quiet people to navigate our extroverted society.
• Curious extroverts will come to recognize the quiet strengths of introverts.
Through raw personal storytelling, and structured reflection, Plumb invites his fellow introverts to drop the mask, trust themselves fully, and live with clarity, connection, and joy.
Coming October 7 on Amazon at an introductory price of $0.99.
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Author Bio:
Benjamin Plumb graduated from the Harvard Business School and was a US Army intelligence officer in Vietnam. His obsession with his “winning recipe” mistakenly led him into unfulfilling careers as an entrepreneur and executive. As soon as he backed away from the recipe and began to live openly as an introvert, he found his niche as a writer and turned his life around. He lives in the Tampa Bay area with his wife of over forty years, Sandy.
The 2022 edition of The Satisfied Introvert won three national book awards: First Place in Chanticleer Instructional & Insightful non-fiction; and silver medals in the Global Book Awards Motivational Self-Help, and Reader’s Favorite Non-Fiction—Inspirational categories.
In his spare time he reads books on history and longevity, and enjoys nature documentaries.