“Ericsson says that it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise, so it helps to start young.” — Susan Cain Deliberate practice Copy Share Image
“Schwartz, the director of the Developmental Neuroimaging and Psychopathology Research Lab. Schwartz has bright, inquisitive eyes, graying brown hair, and a quietly… — Susan Cain Brown hair Copy Share Image
...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion… — Susan Cain Meetings 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
“Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge… — Susan Cain Deliberate practice Copy Share Image
“Respect for individual human personality has with us reached its lowest point," observed one intellectual in 1921, "and it is delightfully ironical… — Susan Cain Human personality Copy Share Image
“Restorative niche' is Professor Little's term for the place you go when you want to return to your true self. It can… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Still, there’s a limit to how much we can control our self-presentation. This is partly because of a phenomenon called behavioral leakage,… — Susan Cain Body language Copy Share Image
Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Scan new acquaintances for… — Susan Cain Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“The Subarctic Survival Situation may sound like a harmless game played inside the ivory tower, but if you think of meetings you’ve… — Susan Cain Ivory tower Copy Share Image
“Osborn was a founding partner of the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn (BBDO), but it was as an author that… — Susan Cain Advertising agency Copy Share Image
“Compare their worries about Ethan to Dr. Miller’s assessment: “He was like the classic Harry Potter kid—he was always reading,” says Dr.… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her… — Susan Cain Adventure Copy Share Image
“The same goes for new situations. Imagine a child who’s more afraid of the ocean than are other kids the same age.… — Susan Cain Children Copy Share Image
“A martial arts instructor named Lateesha was first up that evening. Lateesha’s assignment was to read aloud to the class from a… — Susan Cain Art Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare’s oft-quoted advice, “To thine own self be true,” runs deep in our philosophical DNA. Many of us are uncomfortable with the… — Susan Cain Identity Copy Share Image
“The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings. Although flow does… — Susan Cain Social environment Copy Share Image
“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it’s a Broadway spotlight;” — Susan Cain Life Copy Share Image
Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever. — Susan Cain Admire Copy Share Image
“In his book, Born to Be Good, Keltner even says that if he had to choose his mate by asking a single… — Susan Cain Books Copy Share Image
“Orison Swett Marden, who wrote Character: The Grandest Thing in the World in 1899, produced another popular title in 1921. It was… — Susan Cain Coming of age Copy Share Image
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed… — Susan Cain Alphas Copy Share Image
“On the other side of the debate are a group of psychologists known as the Situationists. Situationism posits that our generalizations about… — Susan Cain Identity Copy Share Image
When you're more focused in getting your message across than you are worrying about how people are viewing you, that's huge. — Susan Cain Focused Copy Share Image
