“Ericsson says that it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise, so it helps to start young.” — Susan Cain Deliberate practice Copy Share Image
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in… — Susan Cain Business Copy Share Image
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree. — Susan Cain Debate 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
Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way. — Susan Cain Giving Copy Share Image
“Conversely, high-reactive children may be more likely to develop into artists and writers and scientists and thinkers because their aversion to novelty… — Susan Cain Art Copy Share Image
Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is… — Susan Cain Disapproval Copy Share Image
“We know that there are physiological limits on who we are and how we act. But should we attempt to manipulate our… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“A shy man no doubt dreads the notice of strangers, but can hardly be said to be afraid of them. He may… — Susan Cain Confidence Copy Share Image
“I was the nicest person you'd ever want to know," Alex recalls, "but the world wasn't that way. The problem was that… — Susan Cain Bullying Copy Share Image
“...the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity...What looks like multitasking is really switching back and… — Susan Cain Failure Copy Share Image
“So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she… — Susan Cain Next time Copy Share Image
The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with… — Susan Cain Achievement Copy Share Image
“In a state of flow, you’re neither bored nor anxious, and you don’t question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing.… — Susan Cain Flow 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
“For example, highly sensitive people tend to be keen observers who look before they leap. They arrange their lives in ways that… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“The bag circles the table several times. Each time Maya passes it to her neighbor, saying nothing. Finally the discussion is done.… — Susan Cain Cool girl Copy Share Image
“If we assume that quiet and loud people have roughly the same number of good (and bad) ideas, then we should worry… — Susan Cain Bad idea Copy Share Image
“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 Older sibling Copy Share Image
“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 Evangelicalism Copy Share Image
“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 Management Copy Share Image
“You can also teach your child simple social strategies to get him through uncomfortable moments. Encourage him to look confident even if… — Susan Cain Child Copy Share Image
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed… — Susan Cain Alphas Copy Share Image
“Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person’s capacity to act. —MIHALY… — Susan Cain Boredom Copy Share Image
“Quiet demonstrates just how deep and disturbing is this plague of extroverts—the showoffs, risk-takers, salesmen, charmers, charlatans and politicians.” —New York Post” — Susan Cain Extroverts Copy Share Image
[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys… — Susan Cain Courage 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 Business Copy Share Image
All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the Harvard Business School model of vocal leadership, the ranks of effective CEOs turn out to be filled with introverts,… — Susan Cain Ceos Copy Share Image
In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" -… — Susan Cain Animal Copy Share Image
The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Purification and redemption are such recurrent themes in ritual because there is a clear and ubiquitous need for them: we all do… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“America had shifted from what the influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a Culture of Character to a Culture of Personality—and opened… — Susan Cain History Copy Share Image
But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“In our culture, guilt is a tainted word, but it’s probably one of the building blocks of conscience. The anxiety these highly… — Susan Cain Building blocks Copy Share Image
Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some… — Susan Cain Animal 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 Books Copy Share Image
I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs,… — Susan Cain 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 Good ideas 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 Books Copy Share Image
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