As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they… — Susan Cain Child Copy Share Image
“(You wouldn’t be reading this book if I hadn’t convinced my publisher that I was enough of a pseudo-extrovert to promote it.)” — Susan Cain Book Copy Share Image
“Peer pressure, in other words, is not only unpleasant, but can actually change your view of a problem.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“As Jung felicitously put it, “There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would… — Susan Cain Extrovert Copy Share Image
“Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the… — Susan Cain Extrovert 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
Many introverts feel there's something wrong with them, and try to pass as extroverts. But whenever you try to pass as something… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality ...… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“The lesson, says Collins, is clear. We don’t need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own… — Susan Cain Leader Copy Share Image
What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were… — Susan Cain Action Copy Share Image
“That is why one can never be alone enough when one writes, why there can never be enough silence around one when… — Susan Cain Night 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 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 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
As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an… — Susan Cain 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
“Nor are introverts necessarily shy. Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that… — Susan Cain Fear Copy Share Image
“Mike sounded dismissive of Western communication styles, but he admitted that he sometimes wished he could be noisy and uninhibited himself. “They’re… — Susan Cain Comfort zone 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
“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain Business Copy Share Image
“Buffett is known for thinking carefully when those around him lose their heads. “Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ,” he has… — Susan Cain Customer Copy Share Image
Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork … for well I know that in order to… — Susan Cain Goals Copy Share Image
Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real difference I think is… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“That was what collaboration meant for Steve Woz: the ability to share a donut and a brainwave with his laid-back, nonjudgmental, poorly… — Susan Cain Collaboration Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind the words of Sir Winston Churchill: 'Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also… — Susan Cain Courage Copy Share Image
“If a high-reactive toddler breaks another child's toy by mistake, studies show, she often experiences a more intense mix of guilt and… — Susan Cain Child 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
It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we… — Susan Cain Culture Copy Share Image
“Brainstorming had four rules: 1. Don’t judge or criticize ideas. 2. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. 3. Go for… — Susan Cain Brainstorming Copy Share Image
To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“men regarded ability in speaking as a peculiar gift, needed only by the lawyer, clergyman, or statesman. Today we have come to… — Susan Cain Ability 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
“...the results have consistently suggested that introversion and extroversion, like other major personality traits such as agreeableness and conscientiousness, are about 40… — Susan Cain Conscientiousness Copy Share Image
“They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they… — Susan Cain Close friends Copy Share Image
...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“when she died in 2005 at the age of ninety-two, the flood of obituaries recalled her as soft-spoken, sweet, and small in… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
