I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. — Susan Cain Guts Copy Share Image
“How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his own.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured...Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think… — Susan Cain Inspirational Copy Share Image
Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise,” — Susan Cain Deliberate Copy Share Image
“Some people are more certain of everything than I am of anything. —ROBERT RUBIN, In an Uncertain World” — Susan Cain Doubt Copy Share Image
When you're more focused in getting your message across than you are worrying about how people are viewing you, that's huge. — Susan Cain Focused Copy Share Image
“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 Customer Copy Share Image
“Schwartz, the director of the Developmental Neuroimaging and Psychopathology Research Lab. Schwartz has bright, inquisitive eyes, graying brown hair, and a quietly… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“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 Collaboration Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Goals Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be… — 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
“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
“Many introver- ted kids grow up to have excellent so- cial skills, although they tend to join groups in their own way—waiting… — Susan Cain Children Copy Share Image
you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“From outside the evangelical community, this seems an astonishing confession. Since when is solitude one of the Seven Deadly Sins? But to… — Susan Cain Deadly sins Copy Share Image
“Functional, moderate guilt,” writes Kochanska, “may promote future altruism, personal responsibility, adaptive behavior in school, and harmonious, competent, and prosocial relationships with… — Susan Cain Child Copy Share Image
Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value… — Susan Cain Acting Copy Share Image
“the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them… — Susan Cain Moses Copy Share Image
When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business... — Susan Cain Age Copy Share Image
Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. — Susan Cain Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“But combine that passion for thought with attention to subtlety—both common characteristics of introverts—and you get a very powerful mix.” — Susan Cain Introvert Copy Share Image
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. — Susan Cain Free time Copy Share Image
Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it. — Susan Cain Anger Copy Share Image
We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“verbal fluency and sociability are the two most important predictors of success, according to a Stanford Business School study.” — Susan Cain Fluency Copy Share Image
“The word that Kagan first used to describe high-reactive people was inhibited, and that’s exactly how I still feel at some dinner… — Susan Cain Inhibited Copy Share Image
“...some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and...some humans are just the same.” — Susan Cain Animal Copy Share Image
“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they’re good talkers, but they don’t have good… — Susan Cain Authority Copy Share Image
“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating.” — Susan Cain Fear Copy Share Image
“We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.” — Susan Cain Leader Copy Share Image
I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image