“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
“The risk with our students is that they’re very good at getting their way. But that doesn’t mean they’re going the right… — Susan Cain Right way 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
“But the catharsis hypothesis is a myth— a plausible one, an elegant one, but a myth nonetheless. Scores of studies have shown… — Susan Cain Anger Copy Share Image
“Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ,” he has said. “Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to… — Susan Cain Investing 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
“We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in the world. One child is given… — Susan Cain Education Copy Share Image
Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity's greatest achievements. — Susan Cain Achievement 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 makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading intiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack… — Susan Cain Circles Copy Share Image
“The evangelical culture ties together faithfulness with extroversion,” McHugh explained. “The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs… — Susan Cain Trust Copy Share Image
(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes… — Susan Cain Finland Copy Share Image
“Proust called these moments of unity between writer and reader “that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.” — Susan Cain Books 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 Capable Copy Share Image
Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. — Susan Cain Guts Copy Share Image
Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor… — Susan Cain Adequacy Copy Share Image
“If you’re an introvert, find your flow by using your gifts. You have the power of persistence, the tenacity to solve complex… — Susan Cain Freedom Copy Share Image
“High-reactive introverts sweat more; low-reactive extroverts sweat less. Their skin is literally "thicker," more impervious to stimuli, cooler to the touch. In… — 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 Answers Copy Share Image
“(You wouldn’t be reading this book if I hadn’t convinced my publisher that I was enough of a pseudo-extrovert to promote it.)” — Susan Cain Book Copy Share Image
“They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they… — Susan Cain Close friends Copy Share Image
“Use your natural powers—of persistence, concentration, insight, and sensitivity—to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, think… — Susan Cain Focus Copy Share Image
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 Believe 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
“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
