All Susan Cain Quotes
- Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. Acquaintance
- Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured. Cured
- The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for… Day
- Theodor Geisel (otherwise known as Dr. Seuss) spent his workdays ensconced in his private studio, the walls lined with sketches and drawings, in a bell-tower… Admitted
- What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer… Action
- Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that… Appear
- Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. This does not mean aping extroverts; ideas can be shared… Advanced
- Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe Air
- Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book.… Adult
- Everyone shines, given the right lighting. Everyone
- Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.… Culture
- (Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his… Famously
- Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can… Believe
- In the first study, Grant and his colleagues analyzed data from one of the five biggest pizza chains in the United States. They discovered that… Actively
- Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting? Anyone
- Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding. Breeding
- Love is essential, gregariousness is optional. Essential
- The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. Anxious
- America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's… America
- you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at all. For writing… All
- Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even… Act
- Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion… Disapproval
- We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts… Americans
- ...if you can think of meetings you've attended, you can probably recall a time - plenty of times - when the opinion of the most… All
- Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity.… Across