Susan Cain Quotes

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• The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
• In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" - but there's a…
• Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.
• Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even…
• We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.
• Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas,
• [Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage…
• The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million,…
• Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work…
• I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing ... I like to think before I speak (softly).
• You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for…
• There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.
• Solve problems, make art, think deeply.
• Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they…
• Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.
• As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.
• Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my…
• I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.
• I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things…
• I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

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