I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style. — Susan Cain Extroversion Copy Share Image
“If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.” — Susan Cain Extroverts Copy Share Image
“People who tend to [suppress their negative emotions] regularly,” concludes Grob, “might start to see the world in a more negative light.” — Susan Cain Negative emotions Copy Share Image
I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing ... I like to think before I speak (softly). — Susan Cain Communication Copy Share Image
We don't need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run. — Susan Cain Business Copy Share Image
“People who pass us on the street can’t know that we’re clever and charming unless we look it.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. — Susan Cain Boundaries Copy Share Image
“We’re told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable.” — Susan Cain Courage Copy Share Image
It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind the words of Sir Winston Churchill: 'Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also… — Susan Cain Courage Copy Share Image
“If a high-reactive toddler breaks another child's toy by mistake, studies show, she often experiences a more intense mix of guilt and… — Susan Cain Child Copy Share Image
“men regarded ability in speaking as a peculiar gift, needed only by the lawyer, clergyman, or statesman. Today we have come to… — Susan Cain Ability Copy Share Image
“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 Freedom Copy Share Image
“...the results have consistently suggested that introversion and extroversion, like other major personality traits such as agreeableness and conscientiousness, are about 40… — Susan Cain Conscientiousness Copy Share Image
“Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we… — Susan Cain Culture Copy Share Image
“Brainstorming had four rules: 1. Don’t judge or criticize ideas. 2. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. 3. Go for… — Susan Cain Brainstorming Copy Share Image
“I have found that there are three key steps to identifying your own core personal projects. First, think back to what you… — Susan Cain Good man Copy Share Image
“Love is essential, gregariousness is optional...The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it's a Broadway… — Susan Cain Life Copy Share Image
“We tend to think of coolness as a pose that you strike with a pair of sunglasses, a nonchalant attitude, and drink… — Susan Cain Body language Copy Share Image
“Agreeable people are warm, supportive, and loving; personality psychologists have found that if you sit them down in front of a computer… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“expression on his face. He’s in his early thirties, tall and broad-shouldered, dressed in jeans, a black polo shirt, and black flip-flops.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Many shy people turn inward, partly as a refuge from the socializing that causes them such anxiety. And many introverts are shy,… — Susan Cain Introversion Copy Share Image
“Introverts are drawn to the inner world of thought and feeling, said Jung, extroverts to the external life of people and activities.… — Susan Cain Extroverts Copy Share Image
“We know this type of person well from literature, probably because so many writers are sensitive introverts themselves. He “had gone through… — Susan Cain Books Copy Share Image
“The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings.” — Susan Cain Flow Copy Share Image
We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and… — Susan Cain Class Copy Share Image
“it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise,” — Susan Cain Deliberate Copy Share Image
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