Susan Cain Quote
Imagine you work hard to prepare a talk on a subject you care about. You get your message across, and when you finish the audience rises to its feet, its clapping sustained and sincere. One person might leave the room feeling, I’m glad I got my message across, but I’m also happy it’s over; now I can get back to the rest of my life. Another person, more sensitive to buzz, might walk away feeling, What a trip! Did you hear that applause? Did you see the expression on their faces when I made that life-changing point? This is great! But
Susan Cain
Imagine you work hard to prepare a talk on a subject you care about. You get your message across, and when you finish the audience rises to its feet, its clapping sustained and sincere. One person might leave the room feeling, I’m glad I got my message across, but I’m also happy it’s over; now I can get back to the rest of my life. Another person, more sensitive to buzz, might walk away feeling, What a trip! Did you hear that applause? Did you see the expression on their faces when I made that life-changing point? This is great! But
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About Susan Cain
She is the author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people. In 2015, she co-founded Quiet Revolution, a mission-based company with initiatives in the areas of children (parenting and education), lifestyle, and the workplace. Her 2016 follow-on book, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, focused on introverted children and teens, the book also being directed to their educators and parents.
Her book Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole (2022) focused on accepting feelings of sorrow and longing as inspiration to experience sublime emotions—such as beauty and wonder and transcendence—to counterbalance the "normative sunshine" of society's pressure to constantly be positive.