Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I’m so smart,” said Einstein, who was a consummate introvert. “It’s that I stay with problems longer.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Introverts feel “just right” with less stimulation, as when they sip wine with a close friend, solve a crossword puzzle, or read… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“So when introverts assume the observer role, as when they write novels, or contemplate unified field theory- or fall quiet at dinner… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Extroverts tend to tackle assignments quickly. They make fast (sometimes rash) decisions, and are comfortable multitasking and risk-taking. They enjoy “the thrill… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“introverts are uniquely good at leading initiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in dominating social… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“when introverts assume the observer role, as when they write novels, or contemplate unified field theory—or fall quiet at dinner parties—they’re not… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“The archetypal extrovert prefers action to contemplation, risk-taking to heed-taking, certainty to doubt. He favors quick decisions, even at the risk of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Our place on this continuum influences our choice of friends and mates, and how we… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
.. it makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading intiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings. Although flow does… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I need a break after school," she told me later. "School is hard because a lot of people are in the room,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. This does not mean aping extroverts; ideas… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Remember that introverts react not only to new people, but also to new places and events. So don’t mistake a child’s caution… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“it makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading initiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Gore is, by many accounts, an introvert. “If you send an introvert into a reception or an event with a hundred other… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Extroverts, in other words, are characterized by their tendency to seek rewards, from top dog status to sexual highs to cold cash.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Many psychologists would also agree that introverts and extroverts work differently. Extroverts tend to tackle assignments quickly. They make fast (sometimes rash)… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Extroverts are better than introverts at handling information overload. Introverts' reflectiveness uses up a lot of cognitive capacity, according to Joseph Newman.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“If you’re an introvert, find your flow by using your gifts. You have the power of persistence, the tenacity to solve complex… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing array of tasks: interpreting what the other person is… — susan cain Copy Share Image
“A local college counselor named Purvi Modi agrees. “Introversion is not looked down upon,” she tells me. “It is accepted. In some… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Introversion—along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness—is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“High-reactive introverts sweat more; low-reactive extroverts sweat less. Their skin is literally "thicker," more impervious to stimuli, cooler to the touch. In… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Our personalities also shape our social styles. Extroverts are the people who will add life to your dinner party and laugh generously… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“If there is only one insight you take away from this book, though, I hope it’s a newfound sense of entitlement to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Our place on this continuum influences our choice of friends and mates, and how we make conversation,… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they’re good talkers, but they don’t have good ideas,” he… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“He believes, as most of us do, that venting anger lets off steam. The “catharsis hypothesis”—that aggression builds up inside us until it’s healthily… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“Soft power is not limited to moral exemplars like Mahatma Gandhi. Consider, for example, the much-ballyhooed excellence of Asians in fields like math and… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me feel connected… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“Social anxiety disorder”—which essentially means pathological shyness—is now thought to afflict nearly one in five of us. The most recent version of the Diagnostic… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“So when introverts assume the observer role, as when they write novels, or contemplate unified field theory- or fall quiet at dinner parties- they’re… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“Osborn’s theory had great impact, and company leaders took up brainstorming with enthusiasm. To this day, it’s common for anyone who spends time in… — Susan Cain Copy Share
Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform. — Susan Cain Copy Share
“But as the word satyagraha implies, Gandhi’s passivity was not weakness at all. It meant focusing on an ultimate goal and refusing to divert… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“The Extrovert Ideal has been documented in many studies, though this research has never been grouped under a single name. Talkative people, for example,… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion “concentrates the… — Susan Cain Copy Share
“People who tend to [suppress their negative emotions] regularly,” concludes Grob, “might start to see the world in a more negative light.” — Susan Cain Copy Share
