Successful People Can be Introverts Too

Albert Einstein

As one of the world's most recognized and revered physicists of all-time, Einstein has often 

been quoted as saying, “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” 

Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and is best remembered as the founding 

father of the theory of relativity … and so much more.

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Rosa Parks

Parks became one of the most important Civil Rights-era figures in 1955 after refusing to give her 

bus seat up to a white man.

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Bill Gates

When the founder of Microsoft was asked how introverts can succeed in a predominantly 

extroverted world he said:

“Well, I think introverts can do quite well. If you’re clever you can learn to get the benefits of being 

an introvert, which might be, say, being willing to go off for a few days and think about a tough problem, 

read everything you can, push yourself very hard to think out on the edge of that area. Then, if you come 

up with something, if you want to hire people, get them excited, build a company around that idea, you 

better learn what extroverts do, you better hire some extroverts, like Steve Ballmer I would claim as an 

extrovert, and tap into both sets of skills in order to have a company that thrives both as in deep thinking 

and building teams and going out into the world to sell those ideas.”

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Steven Spielberg

Even one of the most successful, wealthiest, and influential personalities in Hollywood is an introvert. 

Director and producer Steven Spielberg has admitted that he's an introvert and would prefer to spend

 time getting lost in movies.

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Sir Isaac Newton 
Newton has been described as an extremely private man and was a deeply introverted character. 

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Even though she was a shy and withdrawn individual, Eleanor Roosevelt "was a woman who 

gave 348 press conferences as First Lady, was a United Nations delegate, a human rights activist, 

a teacher, and a lecturer who averaged 150 speaking engagements a year throughout the 1950s."

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Mark Zuckerberg

The founder and CEO of Facebook is classic introvert. In fact, as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told 

The New York Times in 2010, "He is shy and introverted, and he often does not seem very warm to people 

who don't know him, but he is warm." She added, "He really cares about the people who work here."

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Larry Page 
Page is the co-founder of Google and became the CEO in 2011. It was an unexpected turn for many 

because of his reserved, geeky personality.

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Al Gore

The former vice president, presidential candidate, and author of "An Inconvenient Truth" is another 

well-known public figure who found success despite being an introvert.

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Marissa Mayer

The current Yahoo CEO may be a well-known figure, but Mayer still believes in quiet leadership and 

has admitted that "I'm just geeky and shy and I like to code …"

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Abraham Lincoln

The introverted leadership skills of the 16th president have been studied numerous times by 

researchers and educators because of his "geekiness," dignity, and quietness.

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JK Rowling

The creator of Harry Potter is another well-known introvert. She came up with the character while 

traveling from Manchester to London. Rowling recalls, "I had been writing almost continuously since 

the age of six, but I had never been so excited about an idea before. To my immense frustration, 

I didn’t have a pen that worked, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one ..."

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Warren Buffett

Called the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett is known as one of the most successful introverts 

and businessmen in the world. According to Buffett, when he started out, he had the "intellect for 

business," but he felt he had to enroll in Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" 

seminars because he didn't have a business persona.

13

Mahatma Gandhi

Known for being the master of nonviolent resistance, Gandhi once said, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

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Hillary Clinton

The former first lady and secretary of state, and current presidential candidate, isn't an extrovert like her husband, Bill. This might be why some people believe that Clinton isn't that warm of a person.

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Michael Jordan

"His Airness" is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. He also happens to be one of the greatest introvert athletes of all-time as well.

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Charles Darwin

The renowned scientist and author of "The Origin of Species" was a quiet type who enjoyed solitude.

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Meryl Streep

Like many actors and actresses, Meryl Streep is a known introvert. However, Streep is a three-time Academy Award winner who is known for her preparation in becoming every character she has portrayed.

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Elon Musk

The founder of PayPal, Space X, and Tesla has been open about how he went from an "introverted engineer" to being the next Steve Jobs.

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Dr. Seuss

Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.

Arguably one of the greatest children's authors of all-time wrote his stories alone and, according to Susan Cain, "was afraid of meeting the kids who read his books for fear they would be disappointed at how quiet he was."

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Frederic Chopin

This world-renowned and inspirational composer was so introverted that he gave only about 30 public performances in his lifetime. Instead, he played for small groups of friends and made a living by selling his compositions and teaching piano. Chopin’s most quiet and troubled times have become known as his most productive composition periods.

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Steve Wozniak

In his book iWoz, Wozniak says:

“I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone. Not on a committee. Not on a team.”

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Barack Obama

The current president made history in 2008 by becoming the first African-American elected to the office. He's also a known introvert. In fact, as columnist David Brooks stated in The New York Times, "Being led by Barack Obama is like being trumpeted into battle by Miles Davis. He makes you want to sit down and discern."

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Emma Watson 
Watson credits her introverted personality for her reputation as a non-party girl.

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How to Encrypt a SIM Card

How to Encrypt and Set a SIM Card Lock on Any Mobile Device

Written by Christian CawleyJuly 29, 2015

Do you encrypt the data on your smartphone? If not, you risk losing it the moment your phone is stolen. Encrypting your data is (in most cases) so simple that not bothering is more or less an open invitation to thieves and scammers to steal your data and profit from it.

All you need is the right software, usually provided in the operating system or by the device manufacturer.

Securing Your Smartphone: It is Simple, so Do it!

With the threat of smartphone theft so great, and with so many opportunities for thieves to relieve you of your portable store of emails, photos, search data, account logins, and other personal information, it is imperative that you apply a lock to your handset.

This might be a short PIN, a shape that you swipe through on the display to unlock, or even a photo of your face, if you’re using facial recognition to unlock the device. But how do you set this up?

On Android, open Settings > Security > Screen security. Here, tap Screen lock where you can select between Swipe, Pattern, PIN, and Password access methods. Set up whichever you’re most comfortable with to unlock your phone.

If you’re using Windows Phone, go to Settings > Lock screen > Password and switch this to On. You’ll be prompted to set a new password, which must be numerical, but can be more than four digits.

IPhone and iPad users should open Settings > Passcode and select Turn passcode on. You can then use the new options to set a long or short passcode (use the Simple Passcode switch to toggle this). With the passcode set up, this will be required whenever you restart or wake your iPhone.

Using a BlackBerry? Let’s agree they’re underrated, and leave it at that. To set a password open Settings > Security and Privacy > Device Password and set the switch to On, then set a password when prompted.

Modern BlackBerry devices also have a separate user space, known as the “work space.” This is essentially a secondary profile that has its own data and this can be set by swiping down from the top of the screen and selecting Balance > Change Password. Note that forgetting your work space password will result in the work space and the data within being deleted after so many failed attempts, and this password cannot be reset or recovered. You may find it safer to use the set the work space password as your device password with Use as my device password switched to On.

(If your BlackBerry is attached to a corporate email account, security should have already been put in place, so speak to your organization’s IT department.)

Lock Your SIM Card for Even More Smartphone Security

Warning: don’t activate SIM card lock without first knowing the network-provided PIN number!

PINs and swipes are just one way of protecting your phone. You can introduce an additional layer of security by locking your SIM card, which can prevent unauthorized access to phone calls. This will not lock the rest of the phone, so can be useful if you’re letting a small person use your smartphone for playing games.

Android users should go to Settings > Security > SIM card lock and tap Set up SIM card lock. In the next screen, switch Lock SIM card to On. This will enable the SIM card lock, but you will need to input the existing SIM card code in order to enable or change the code.

If you’re using iOS, go to Settings > Phone > SIM PIN (or Settings > Cellular Data > SIM PIN on iPad) and enter the existing, network-provided SIM PIN to confirm. Subsequently, your device will have a screen unlock PIN and a SIM PIN.

On Windows Phone, a SIM lock can be set in Settings > Applications > Phone, where you should enable SIM security. When you’re prompted to enter the PIN, do so according to the instructions from your network provider. You will now have two PIN codes on your phone, one to unlock the screen and a second to unlock the PIN – don’t confuse them!

For BlackBerry, swipe down and open Settings > Security and Privacy > SIM Card and set the SIM Card PIN Lock switch to On. You may notice that you have two SIM card PIN codes. The first is to protect the SIM card, while the second controls access to calling features. Both can be activated if necessary, although this may prove too much security. (Incidentally, did you know it’s relatively easy to migrate from BlackBerry to Android?)

Encrypting Your Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone

These two locks are useful, but for the optimum in device security, you should introduce encryption, the most secure method of protecting the data on your device. After all, even if a thief isn’t able to guess a four-digit PIN, or follow the pattern left by your greasy thumb across the phone’s display, he or she is still going to be able to glean a nice chunk of personal information by plugging a USB cable into an Android smartphone and reading the storage using a PC.

Encrypting your phone, however, will prevent anyone without your PIN from accessing any of the data stored on it. There really is no reason not to do this.

Encrypting Data on Android

Data encryption on Android is separated from the main passcode setup screen, but once activated is linked to the passcode. Note that once encryption is applied should you forget your PIN, your data will remain inaccessible. Only your PIN can decrypt your data.

To encrypt your Android device, you should have already set up a PIN as above. You will also need to connect your phone to the charger as the encryption process is battery intensive. Proceed to Settings > Security > Encryption > Encrypt Phone. Read the warning/explanation, and ensure that you are happy with the implications of encryption. Once satisfied, tap ENCRYPT PHONE and then go and do something else. During the encryption process, you phone will be dedicated to that task, so you won’t be able to make calls, run apps, check email, etc.

Once encryption is complete, your phone should run as normal. This does, however, depend on whether your handset has a dedicated processor for dealing with encryption/decryption, or whether it relies on the main processor. If the latter, then things are going to be a bit slow with encryption activated. Fortunately, in most cases, if encryption is making your phone run like a square wheel, you can return to Settings > Security > Encryption > Encrypt Phone and disable encryption. We wouldn’t recommend this in most cases, however.

Encrypting Data on iOS

Things are a little simpler with iOS. As soon as you set a passcode/PIN for your device (see above), the data on an iPhone or iPad is encrypted.

Encrypt Windows Phone 8.x

Unless your Windows Phone is managed by your organization, it cannot be encrypted. This can only be achieved via a Microsoft Exchange server. Microsoft’s advice for users wishing to encrypt their devices is to employ the standard PIN, which needs to be entered in order for the device to be read via USB connection to a PC. They also instruct users to activate Find my Phone, despite this system’s long running unreliability.

Happily, there is a way to encrypt Windows Phone devices, but it means waiting for the Windows Mobile 10 update, where the feature was spotted in preview buildsearlier in 2015.

Encrypt Your BlackBerry

Enabling encryption on a BlackBerry device is just as simple as other platforms. Swipe down and tap Settings > Security > Encryption, then switch Device Encryption and/or Media Card Encryption to On.

Remember that encrypted data will be inaccessible if you forget your device passcode.

Other Methods to Secure Your Smartphone

Encryption, screen locks and SIM card PINs aren’t the only way to secure your smartphone. You should be using a remote device location tool like Prey, for example, but other methods are available. Perhaps you know of one or two? Share your knowledge in the comments.

Source: www.makeuseof.com

Are Selfies the Future of Mobile Payments?

Written by Joel LeeJuly 30, 2015

Payment security has been a big topic these past few years. Not only do we have to deal with the constant threat of digital identity theft, we have to worry about data being stolen from hacked companies. Is there any relief in sight?

Maybe. Maybe not.

One major issue is that consumers are always demanding greater convenience. That’s why mobile payment methods have recently soared in popularity. Unfortunately, the risk of new technology is that it doesn’t yet have the years of experience necessarily to build robust systems.

This year, mobile payments are set to take another big leap forward. The proposed evolution has a lot of potential — potential to succeed and potential to bomb. Hard.

The Current State of Mobile Payments

The general idea behind mobile payments is that you replace the traditional debit or credit card with your smartphone. Merchants that accept mobile payments have a reader device that you can “bump” with your own device, and that bump facilitates an immediate transaction.

The most popular mobile payment apps are Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Samsung Pay.

These transactions all occur using NFC technology, a super-short ranged wireless protocol that can also be used for other things, like sharing files and photos with another smartphone. (All you have to do is bump!)

But there’s a big problem. Actually, two big problems. First, NFC has a few security risks that still need to be ironed out. Second, merchants who don’t accept mobile payments far outnumber merchants who do. Even if you want to bump-to-pay, you may not be able to.

Fortunately mobile payment adoption is on the rise, so security issues are the main concern for many consumers. That’s why MasterCard has developed a brand new method of mobile payment: taking a selfie.

How Would Selfie Payments Work?

When people talk about why we still use passwords, the discussion tends to veer into “What are the alternatives?” territory, and one of the main alternatives is biometrics — the use of human characteristics for access control.

Or in other words, using a body part in place of a password.

In order to use selfie payments, you’ll need to install MasterCard’s app onto your smartphone. When you want to make a payment, you look at the camera and blink. The app uses your facial features and your blink for authentication.

Why the blink? Because Google actually tried in the past to incorporate facial recognition as an authentication method (but for lock screens rather than mobile payments) and it ended up being circumvented with simple photos.

According to MasterCard, the blink is much harder to forge, thus more authentic and secure. And in general, it’s much harder to counterfeit biometrics than it is to hack or crack someone’s text-based password — especially since people don’t care enough to create strong but memorable passwords.

At the moment, MasterCard is trialing their technology with a group of 500 users. If it goes well, they’ll expand.

MasterCard isn’t the only one working on this. Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, demonstrated a similar feature — called “Smile to Pay” — in March 2015. No release date exists for Alibaba’s version, but it will first launch in China before going international.

Selfie Payments Are Problematic Too

There’s a good chance these selfie payments will be very popular amongst the newer generation, what with their already-instilled obsession with selfies and what not. However, we caution you to think twice before you hop on the bandwagon.

As with all new advancements, problems lurk around the corner here as well. The advent of selfie payments comes with two potential worries that should keep you on your toes.

Is blinking really that foolproof? There have already been reports that early prototypes of the blinking mechanism have been fooled by animated photos with drawn-on eyelids.

A more practical example might be stored video footage. If you can trick someone to blink into a recording camera, would the biometric sensor be smart enough to distinguish that from real life? What about twins? What about plastic surgery?

The core issue here is that biometric technology is an infant, relatively speaking, and it’s just too early to use it for any significant kind of security. But the video example leads us into our second problem…

What happens when someone does forge your credentials? This particular issue is a general one that’s applicable to all of biometrics, but it’s important enough to warrant a mention here.

Think about what happens when someone cracks your password. How do you resolve that? By changing your password! It’s easy, quick, and convenient. Dealing with the aftermath — e.g. recovering your stolen money — might be difficult, but resecuring your credentials is simple.

What can you do if someone cracks your face? You can’t just change up your face overnight.

And that’s why biometrics will never be a primary mode of authentication. It’s useful if you can supplement it with another method, e.g. PINs, voice activation, fingerprints, etc. But on its own, I don’t see it being all that safe to use.

So are we out of luck, stuck with current methods of mobile payment for the time being? Not quite. Smart credit cards may be the change you’re looking for if you need convenience while shopping. Between the two, I’d bet on the smart card.

So what do you think? Are you excited for selfie payments? Or do you think it’s going to be a huge flop? Would you rather stick with cash? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Image Credits: Mobile NFC Reader by LDprod via Shutterstock, Shopping Selfie by Syda Productions via Shutterstock, Biometric Security by SunnySideUp via Shutterstock Source: www.makeuseof.com