“ Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me—they’re shy and they live in their heads. They’re almost like artists. In fact, the very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone where t… Susan Cain
“ Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955. Early evening. A public bus pulls to a stop and a sensibly dressed woman in her forties gets on. She carries herself erectly, despite having spent the day bent o… Susan Cain
“ Men who were too quiet around women risked being thought gay; as a popular 1926 sex guide observed, homosexuals are invariably timid, shy, retiring. Susan Cain
“ Mark Twain once told a story about a man who scoured the planet looking for the greatest general who ever lived. When the man was informed that the person he sought had already died and gone to heaven… Susan Cain
“ Many psychologists would also agree that introverts and extroverts work differently. Extroverts tend to tackle assignments quickly. They make fast (sometimes rash) decisions, and are comfortable multi… Susan Cain
“ Many Introverts are also highly sensitive, which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're more apt than the average person to feel pleasa… Susan Cain
“ Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Susan Cain
“ LET YOUR FACE REFLECT CONFIDENCE, NOT WORRY! IT’S THE ‘LOOK’ OF YOU BY WHICH YOU ARE JUDGED MOST OFTEN. Susan Cain
“ Jste-li vedoucí pracovníci, nezapomínejte, že jedna třetina až jedna polovina vašich pracovních sil jsou pravděpodobně introverti, ať už se vám tak jeví, nebo ne. Susan Cain
“ Joyce has also come to appreciate Isabel’s sensitive ways. Isabel is an old soul, she says. You forget that she’s only a child. When I talk to her, I’m not tempted to use that special tone of voice th… Susan Cain
“ It’s so easy to confuse schmoozing ability with talent. Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They’re valuable traits, but we p… Susan Cain
“ It makes sense, then, that Westerners value boldness and verbal skill, traits that promote individuality, while Asians prize quiet, humility, and sensitivity, which foster group cohesion. If you live… Susan Cain
“ It makes sense that so many introverts hide even from themselves. We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal—the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha, and comfo… Susan Cain
“ Introverts, in contrast, are constitutionally programmed to downplay reward—to kill their buzz, you might say—and scan for problems. As soon they get excited, says Newman, they’ll put the brakes on an… Susan Cain
“ 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 quietly, they can be communicated in writing, they can be p… Susan Cain
“ Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts tend to sit around wondering about things, imagining things, recalling events… Susan Cain
“ Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in the Extrov… Susan Cain
“ Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Susan Cain
“ Indeed, excessive stimulation seems to impede learning: a recent study found that people learn better after a quiet stroll through the woods than after a noisy walk down a city street. Another study,… Susan Cain
“ In our culture, guilt is a tainted word, but it’s probably one of the building blocks of conscience. The anxiety these highly sensitive toddlers feel upon apparently breaking the toy gives them the mo… Susan Cain
