gwendolyn faith is not a crayon.

Hello! Meet that girl behind the blog.

I want to be an account planner who cooks a lot. (I write about account planning and cooking a lot, too.)

I break spontaneously into song and steal too many dance moves from Glee.

I have a thing for bright red lipstick. And roasted vegetables. And Long Islands. And big hair, behavioral economics, tween pop culture, oversize sweaters and actual books, as well.

Drop me a line at gfaithd[at]gmail[dot]com, or shoot me a question here.

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And most humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another, yet we crave privacy and autonomy. To harness the energy that fuels both these drives, we need to move beyond the New Groupthink and embrace a more nuanced approach to creativity and learning.
Susan Cain, an (the?) “introversion expert,” in the New York Times’ The Rise of the New Groupthink, which suggests despite society’s inclination toward group activity and “groupthink,” creativity and productivity are best fostered individually and in solitude