Susan Cain

“components of the ability to”

— Susan Cain

“Quiet Strength—a”

— Susan Cain

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

— Susan Cain

Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe

— Susan Cain

One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.

— Susan Cain

“Aggressive power beats you up; soft power wins you over.”

— Susan Cain

Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.

— Susan Cain

Solve problems, make art, think deeply.

— Susan Cain

“every small step is a giant stride in a child’s world.”

— Susan Cain

I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

— Susan Cain

“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit…

— Susan Cain

“We fail to realize that participating in an online working group is a form of solitude all its own.”

— Susan Cain

There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions.

— Susan Cain

“The next generation of quiet kids can and should be raised to know their own strengths.”

— Susan Cain

“Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory.”

— Susan Cain

I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.

— Susan Cain

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. —CARL…

— Susan Cain

The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.

— Susan Cain

“Buffett is known for thinking carefully when those around him lose their heads. “Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ,” he has…

— Susan Cain

Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile,…

— Susan Cain

“Schwartz, the director of the Developmental Neuroimaging and Psychopathology Research Lab. Schwartz has bright, inquisitive eyes, graying brown hair, and a quietly…

— Susan Cain

“That was what collaboration meant for Steve Woz: the ability to share a donut and a brainwave with his laid-back, nonjudgmental, poorly…

— Susan Cain

Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real difference I think is…

— Susan Cain

Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently…

— Susan Cain

“I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork … for well I know that in order to…

— Susan Cain

“Still, there’s a limit to how much we can control our self-presentation. This is partly because of a phenomenon called behavioral leakage,…

— Susan Cain

“For example, highly sensitive people tend to be keen observers who look before they leap. They arrange their lives in ways that…

— Susan Cain

“According to Free Trait Theory, we are born and culturally endowed with certain personality traits—introversion, for example—but we can and do act…

— Susan Cain

“The bag circles the table several times. Each time Maya passes it to her neighbor, saying nothing. Finally the discussion is done.…

— Susan Cain

“If we assume that quiet and loud people have roughly the same number of good (and bad) ideas, then we should worry…

— Susan Cain

“If she still doesn’t want to talk, wait for her. Sometimes she’ll need to decompress for hours before she’s ready. You may…

— Susan Cain

“It’s not enough,” one senior manager at Eastman Kodak told the author Daniel Goleman, “to be able to sit at your computer…

— Susan Cain

“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

“Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme, McHugh is telling us. If you don’t love Jesus out loud, then…

— Susan Cain

“Don’t mistake assertiveness or eloquence for good ideas.”

— Susan Cain

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

— Susan Cain

“Iconoclast, the neuroeconomist Gregory Berns”

— Susan Cain

Everyone shines, given the right lighting.

— Susan Cain

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

— Susan Cain

“Unleashing a passion can transform a life...”

— Susan Cain