“At the Foley Center for the Study of Lives at Northwestern University, McAdams studies the stories that people tell about themselves. We… — Susan Cain Blessings in disguise Copy Share Image
Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers… — Susan Cain Concentration 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 Politics Copy Share Image
“Cancel your next meeting,” he advises. “Don’t reschedule it. Erase it from memory.” He also suggests “No-Talk Thursdays,” one day a week… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of… — Susan Cain Adults 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
One thing I'm hearing a lot is from teachers who have felt that there's something wrong with the extreme group learning, but… — Susan Cain Apparently 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 Next day Copy Share Image
“Some people are more certain of everything than I am of anything. —ROBERT RUBIN,” — 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
“Brainstorming had four rules: 1. Don’t judge or criticize ideas. 2. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. 3. Go for… — Susan Cain Nature Copy Share Image
“Moreover, they tell us that the Extrovert Ideal is not as sacrosanct as we may have thought. So if, deep down, you’ve… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I have found that there are three key steps to identifying your own core personal projects. First, think back to what you… — Susan Cain Good man 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
“men regarded ability in speaking as a peculiar gift, needed only by the lawyer, clergyman, or statesman. Today we have come to… — Susan Cain Business Copy Share Image
Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy,… — Susan Cain Aloof Copy Share Image
“No!" Kagan exclaims. “Every behavior has more than one cause. Don’t ever forget that! For every child who’s slow to warm up,… — Susan Cain Habits 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 Cases Copy Share Image
“It’s also why exhortations to imagine the audience in the nude don’t help nervous speakers; naked lions are just as dangerous as… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I look back on my years as a Wall Street lawyer as time spent in a foreign country... — Susan Cain Country Copy Share Image
“...some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and...some humans are just the same.” — Susan Cain Animals 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 Young people Copy Share Image
“In fact, the very thing that many high-reactives hate most about blushing— its uncontrollability— is what makes it so socially useful. “Because… — Susan Cain Shame Copy Share Image
