Benjamin Plumb

Benjamin Plumb was raised in Los Angeles as the only introvert in a family of five. At age ten, he decided he would be methodical in everything he did, a "winning recipe" he created to feel safe in an extroverted world. This strategy brought him hnors at Stanford and a Harvard MBA, but it enticed him into unsatisfying careers as an entrepreneur and an executive. Those roles ultimately led to a divorce, a bankruptcy, and two job losses in a row.

At last he saw that what all these failures had in common was the recipe. He taught himself to detach from it, openly embraced his introversion, and thereafter worked quietly as a writer and researcher, finally attaining the success and safety he had always desired.

Ben and Sandy, his wife of more than forty years, live in the Tampa Bay area. They have four children and ten grandchildren.