“Talkative people, for example, are rated as smarter, better-looking, more interesting, and more desirable as friends.” — Susan Cain Friendship Copy Share Image
“How is it that Asians and Westerners can look at the same classroom interactions and one group will label it class participation… — Susan Cain Deep thought Copy Share Image
One honest relationship can be more productive than fistfuls of business cards. — Susan Cain Business Copy Share Image
Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize… — Susan Cain Culture Copy Share Image
“Those who worked with these leaders tended to describe them with the following words: quiet, humble, modest, reserved, shy, gracious, mild-mannered, self-effacing,… — Susan Cain Leadership 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
Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business... — Susan Cain Age 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 Chains 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
I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you… — Susan Cain Asking Copy Share Image
It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. — Susan Cain Boundaries 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 Next day Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain once told a story about a man who scoured the planet looking for the greatest general who ever lived. When… — Susan Cain Gone to heaven Copy Share Image
We've known about the transcendent power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it. — Susan Cain Century Copy Share Image
“But the same receptivity to experience that can make life difficult for the highly sensitive also builds their consciences. Aron tells of… — Susan Cain Ethics Copy Share Image
You can't pick up a business magazine ever without seeing the word 'collaborate' splashed all over it. I think people are probably… — Susan Cain Always Copy Share Image
The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a… — Susan Cain Community Copy Share Image
Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. — Susan Cain Acquaintance Copy Share Image
College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups. — Susan Cain College 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
“Mike sounded dismissive of Western communication styles, but he admitted that he sometimes wished he could be noisy and uninhibited himself. “They’re… — Susan Cain Comfort zone Copy Share Image
“According to Jay Belsky, a leading proponent of this view and a psychology professor and child care expert at the University of… — Susan Cain Child care 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
Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love. — Susan Cain And love Copy Share Image
“To ask whether it's nature or nurture, says Kagan, is like asking whether a blizzard is caused by temperature or humidity. It's… — Susan Cain Nature Copy Share Image
