Law Practice
Dec. 16, 2019
You can be shy and successful
I am compelled to say that to be shy is not to be rude. The traits are mistaken for one another.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
A few years ago, I wrote a blog that went viral -- which is to say it attracted "haters." It's funny on the internet, and possibly it was the case prior, that you are at your most popular when being "trolled." The essay had the title, "Why I Might Not Say Hello to You at the Gym." I still might not say hello, and it is worth explaining why -- though for the record, I almost always in fact say hello spontaneously and I wouldn't deliberately fail to exchange greetings. (We react to headlines...
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