You will find this hard to believe, but I've never laughed as much as I did when I was a corporate lawyer.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we… — 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 Allies Copy Share Image
“Don't seat quiet kids in high interaction areas of the classroom, says communications professor James McCroskey. They won't talk more in those… — Susan Cain Education 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 Caution Copy Share Image
We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe… — Susan Cain Adults Copy Share Image
“In her book Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion, Carol Tavris recounts a story about a Bengali cobra that liked to bite passing villagers.… — Susan Cain Anger Copy Share Image
The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their… — Susan Cain Chance Copy Share Image
We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a… — Susan Cain Education Copy Share Image
Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“But buzz also has considerable downsides. “Everyone assumes that it’s good to accentuate positive emotions, but that isn’t correct,” the psychology professor… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a… — Susan Cain Age 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 Ability Copy Share Image
“turn over and watch the alarm clock. Finally it’s six thirty. At least the worst part, the night-before part, is over; this… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Sometimes speakers need to talk about subjects that don't interest them much, especially at work. I believe this is harder for introverts,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“What scientists haven’t realized until recently is that these risk factors have an upside. In other words, the sensitivities and the strengths… — Susan Cain Child care Copy Share Image
As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Ask your child for information in a gentle, nonjudgmental way, with specific, clear questions. Instead of “How was your day?” try “What… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“We tend to write Moses’ true personality out of the Exodus story. (Cecil B. DeMille’s classic, The Ten Commandments, portrays him as… — Susan Cain Public speaking Copy Share Image
“My impression of you," Professor Ni told Raj gently, "is that I can give you a lot of work to do, but… — Susan Cain Express yourself Copy Share Image
“In fact, public speaking anxiety may be primal and quintessentially human, not limited to those of us born with a high-reactive nervous… — Susan Cain Anxiety 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
“The same goes for new situations. Imagine a child who’s more afraid of the ocean than are other kids the same age.… — Susan Cain Children Copy Share Image
“Orison Swett Marden, who wrote Character: The Grandest Thing in the World in 1899, produced another popular title in 1921. It was… — Susan Cain Coming of age Copy Share Image
“Deliberate Practice is best conducted alone for several reasons. It takes intense concentration, and other people can be distracting. It requires deep… — Susan Cain Deliberate Copy Share Image
“we can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Our inborn temperaments influence us, regardless of the lives we lead.… — Susan cain Social skills Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare’s oft-quoted advice, “To thine own self be true,” runs deep in our philosophical DNA. Many of us are uncomfortable with the… — Susan Cain Identity Copy Share Image
“A species in which everyone was General Patton would not succeed, any more than would a race in which everyone was Vincent… — Susan Cain Cherry blossom 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
“It’s not that there’s no small talk, observes Strickland, the leader of the gathering. It’s that it comes not at the beginning… — Susan Cain Communication 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 Gore Copy Share Image
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me… — Susan Cain Books Copy Share Image
“Kagan hypothesized that infants born with an especially excitable amygdala would wiggle and howl when shown unfamiliar objects and grow up to… — Susan Cain Meeting new people Copy Share Image
“We tend to forget that there’s nothing sacrosanct about learning in large group classrooms, and that we organize students this way not… — Susan Cain Education 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 Introversion Copy Share Image
“they wanted their son to pursue a career in religion or education, not sales. It seems unlikely that they would have approved… — Susan Cain Education Copy Share Image
“The highly sensitive [introverted] tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rather than materialistic or hedonistic. They dislike small talk.… — Susan Cain Introverted 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 Extroverts 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 Abuse Copy Share Image