Does it take an extravert to lead a social movement? The Indian spiritual and political leader Mohandas Gandhi led millions of Indian citizens in a struggle for human rights and political independence. Yet he was introverted. In his youth, he avoided contact with others. “My books and my lessons were my sole companions,” Gandhi reported. “I literally ran back [home from school] because I could not bear to talk to anybody” (Easwaran, 1997, p. 13).