“ Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai, whose entire investment strategy was based on FUD: they placed bets that had limited downside, but would pay off handsomely if dramatic but unexpected changes occurred in… Susan Cain
“ By the time I was old enough to figure out that I was simply introverted, it was a part of my being, the assumption that there is something inherently wrong with me. Susan Cain
“ By 1950, the slogan of he Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth was A healthy personality for every child. Susan Cain
“ But buzz also has considerable downsides. Everyone assumes that it’s good to accentuate positive emotions, but that isn’t correct, the psychology professor Richard Howard told me, pointing to the exam… Susan Cain
“ But as the word satyagraha implies, Gandhi’s passivity was not weakness at all. It meant focusing on an ultimate goal and refusing to divert energy to unnecessary skirmishes along the way. Restraint,… Susan Cain
“ Big Five traits: Introversion-Extroversion; Agreeableness; Openness to Experience; Conscientiousness; and Emotional Stability. Susan Cain
“ At the Foley Center for the Study of Lives at Northwestern University, McAdams studies the stories that people tell about themselves. We all write our life stories as if we were novelists, McAdams bel… Susan Cain
“ As Jung felicitously put it, There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum. Susan Cain
“ America had shifted from what the influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a Culture of Character to a Culture of Personality Susan Cain
“ All of this would be fine if more talking were correlated with greater insight, but research suggests that there’s no such link. Susan Cain
“ A well-known study out of UC Berkeley by organizational behavior professor Philip Tetlock found that television pundits—that is, people who earn their livings by holding forth confidently on the basis… Susan Cain
“ A software engineer named Tom kicks off, describing with great passion his relief at learning that there was a physiological basis for the trait of sensitivity. Here’s the research! This is how I am!… Susan Cain
“ A mountain of recent data on open-plan offices from many different industries corroborates the results of the games. Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re… Susan Cain
“ A few things introverts are not: The word introvert is not a synonym for hermit or misanthrope. Introverts can be these things, but most are perfectly friendly. Susan Cain
“ Some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and...some humans are just the same. Susan Cain
“ Remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their ideas. If you want the wisdom of the crowd, gather it elect… Susan Cain
“ Taking shelter in bathrooms is a surprisingly common phenomenon, as you probably know if you’re an introvert. Susan Cain
“ In settled populations, people with this same gene form have poorer nutrition. The same traits that make a nomad fierce enough to hunt and to defend livestock against raiders may hinder more sedentary… Susan Cain
“ If we appreciated that not everyone aspires to be a leader in the conventional sense of the word—that some people wish to fit harmoniously into the group, and others to be independent of it. Susan Cain
