“I’m prone to wild flights of self-doubt, but I also have a deep well of courage in my own convictions. I feel… — Susan Cain Courage Copy Share Image
Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New… — Susan Cain Achievement Copy Share Image
“Social anxiety disorder”—which essentially means pathological shyness—is now thought to afflict nearly one in five of us. The most recent version of… — Susan Cain Fear Copy Share Image
“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is… — Susan Cain Productivity 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 Extrovert Copy Share Image
“Soft power is not limited to moral exemplars like Mahatma Gandhi. Consider, for example, the much-ballyhooed excellence of Asians in fields like… — Susan Cain Academic excellence Copy Share Image
We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of… — Susan Cain Book Copy Share Image
“Extroverts are better than introverts at handling information overload. Introverts' reflectiveness uses up a lot of cognitive capacity, according to Joseph Newman.… — Susan Cain Information overload Copy Share Image
“Why do we accept this one-size-fits-all situation as a given when we know perfectly well that adults don’t organize themselves this way?… — Susan Cain Children 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
“Osborn’s theory had great impact, and company leaders took up brainstorming with enthusiasm. To this day, it’s common for anyone who spends… — Susan Cain Brainstorming Copy Share Image
“When Professor Little introduced the concept of self-monitoring to his personality psychology classes, some students got very worked up about whether it… — Susan Cain Psychology Copy Share Image
“How is it that Asians and Westerners can look at the exact same classroom interactions, and one group will label it “class… — Susan Cain Talking nonsense Copy Share Image
As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an… — Susan Cain Accepting Copy Share Image
“What scientists haven’t realized until recently is that these risk factors have an upside. In other words, the sensitivities and the strengths… — Susan Cain Child care 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
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
“In fact, public speaking anxiety may be primal and quintessentially human, not limited to those of us born with a high-reactive nervous… — Susan Cain Anxiety Copy Share Image
“My impression of you," Professor Ni told Raj gently, "is that I can give you a lot of work to do, but… — Susan Cain Express yourself 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
Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive… — Susan Cain Average Copy Share Image
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good… — Susan Cain Ability Copy Share Image
I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a… — Susan Cain Age Copy Share Image
“Sometimes speakers need to talk about subjects that don't interest them much, especially at work. I believe this is harder for introverts,… — Susan Cain Talk Subjects Copy Share Image
“turn over and watch the alarm clock. Finally it’s six thirty. At least the worst part, the night-before part, is over; this… — Susan Cain Alarm clock Copy Share Image
“It’s not that there’s no small talk, observes Strickland, the leader of the gathering. It’s that it comes not at the beginning… — Susan Cain Communication 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
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me… — Susan Cain Books Copy Share Image
“Gore is, by many accounts, an introvert. “If you send an introvert into a reception or an event with a hundred other… — Susan Cain Gore 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
“we can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Our inborn temperaments influence us, regardless of the lives we lead.… — Susan cain Social skills Copy Share Image
“Deliberate Practice is best conducted alone for several reasons. It takes intense concentration, and other people can be distracting. It requires deep… — Susan Cain Deliberate 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
“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
“Public speaking phobia has many causes, including early childhood setbacks, that have to do with our unique personal histories, not inborn temperament.… — Susan Cain Children 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
“Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his… — Susan Cain Guilt 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 Extrovert Copy Share Image
“Will this job allow me to spend time on in-character activities like, for example, reading, strategizing, writing, and researching? Will I have… — Susan Cain End time 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
