“College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups. Even elite athletes in team… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“This style of teaching reflects the business community,” one fifth-grade teacher in a Manhattan public school told me, “where people’s respect for… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom,… — Susan Cain 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 Copy Share Image
“We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in the world. One child is given… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“At the Foley Center for the Study of Lives at Northwestern University, McAdams studies the stories that people tell about themselves. We… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“One noteworthy study suggests that people who suppress negative emotions tend to leak those emotions later in unexpected ways. The psychologist Judith… — Susan Cain 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 Copy Share Image
In the first study, Grant and his colleagues analyzed data from one of the five biggest pizza chains in the United States.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Our place on this continuum influences our choice of friends and mates, and how we make conversation,… — 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 ideas,” he… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“He believes, as most of us do, that venting anger lets off steam. The “catharsis hypothesis”—that aggression builds up inside us until it’s healthily… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Soft power is not limited to moral exemplars like Mahatma Gandhi. Consider, for example, the much-ballyhooed excellence of Asians in fields like math and… — Susan Cain 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 feel connected… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Social anxiety disorder”—which essentially means pathological shyness—is now thought to afflict nearly one in five of us. The most recent version of the Diagnostic… — Susan Cain 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 parties- they’re… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Osborn’s theory had great impact, and company leaders took up brainstorming with enthusiasm. To this day, it’s common for anyone who spends time in… — 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 must conform. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“But as the word satyagraha implies, Gandhi’s passivity was not weakness at all. It meant focusing on an ultimate goal and refusing to divert… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
