I'm not saying abolish group work - I think there's a time and a place for people to come together and exchange… — Susan Cain Abolish Copy Share Image
“The one and only personality trait the effective ones I have encountered did have in common was something they did not have:… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree. — Susan Cain Debate Copy Share Image
[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys… — Susan Cain Courage Copy Share Image
Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value… — Susan Cain Acting Copy Share Image
“We know this type of person well from literature, probably because so many writers are sensitive introverts themselves. He “had gone through… — Susan Cain Books Copy Share Image
Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured. — Susan Cain Introversion Copy Share Image
“Love is essential, gregariousness is optional...The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it's a Broadway… — Susan Cain Life Copy Share Image
“Some of our greatest ideas, art, and inventions—from the theory of evolution to van Gogh’s sunflowers to the personal computer—came from quiet… — Susan Cain Art Copy Share Image
“Gandhi’s passivity was not weakness at all. It meant focusing on an ultimate goal and refusing to divert energy to unnecessary skirmishes… — Susan Cain Goals 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
We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a… — Susan Cain About Copy Share Image
I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing ... I like to think before I speak (softly). — Susan Cain Communication Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t concerned with getting credit or even with being in charge; he simply assigned work to those who could perform it… — Susan Cain 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 Accepting 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 Difficult Copy Share Image
In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" -… — Susan Cain Animal Copy Share Image
“Peer pressure, in other words, is not only unpleasant, but can actually change your view of a problem.” — Susan Cain Peer pressure Copy Share Image
“We should all look out for cobblers who might have been great generals. Which means focusing on introverted children, whose talents are… — Susan Cain Children Copy Share Image
There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet. — Susan Cain Fear Copy Share Image
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. —CARL… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Imagine how much better you’ll be at this sweet-spot game once you’re aware of playing it. You can set up your work,… — Susan Cain Life Copy Share Image
“Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing array of tasks: interpreting what the other person is… — susan cain Body language Copy Share Image
“The upsides of the high-reactive temperament have been documented in exciting research that scientists are only now beginning to pull together. One… — Susan Cain Nature of man Copy Share Image