“ The things that interested him, music and writing, held no value for the people who mattered most back then: his peers. People would always tell me, ‘These are the best years of your life,’ he recalls… Susan Cain
“ The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Susan Cain
“ The parents of high-reactive children are exceedingly lucky, Belsky told me. The time and effort they invest will actually make a difference. Instead of seeing these kids as vulnerable to adversity, p… Susan Cain
“ The other thing Aron found about sensitive people is that sometimes they're highly empathic. It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies… Susan Cain
“ The most effective teams are composed of a healthy mix of introverts and extroverts, studies show, and so are many leadership structures. Susan Cain
“ The archetypal extrovert prefers action to contemplation, risk-taking to heed-taking, certainty to doubt. He favors quick decisions, even at the risk of being wrong. She works well in teams and social… Susan Cain
“ The Asians were far more likely to accept a proposal from the friendly business manager than from the hostile one; Susan Cain
“ Temperament refers to inborn, biologically based behavioral and emotional patterns that are observable in infancy and early childhood; personality is the complex brew that emerges after cultural influ… Susan Cain
“ Talkative people, for example, are rated as smarter, better-looking, more interesting, and more desirable as friends. Susan Cain
“ Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ, he has said. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing. Susan Cain
“ Studies show that the fear of public humiliation is a potent force. During the 1988-89 basketball season, for example, two NCAA basketball teams played eleven games without any spectators, owing to a… Susan Cain
“ Studies show that one third to one half of us are introverts. This means that you have more introverted kids in your class than you think. Even at a young age, some introverts become adept at acting l… Susan Cain
“ Studie dokázaly, že třetina až polovina z nás jsou introverti. To znamená, že ve třídě máte víc introvertních dětí, než si myslíte. Susan Cain
“ Speak with conviction. Even if you believe something only fifty-five percent, say it as if you believe it a hundred percent. If you’re preparing alone for class, then you’re doing it wrong. Nothing at… Susan Cain
“ Speak with conviction. Even if you believe something only fifty-five percent, say it as if you believe it a hundred percent. Susan Cain
“ So? You don’t have to be an extrovert to feel alive! True enough. But it seems, according to Tony, that you’d better act like one if you don’t want to flub the sales call and watch your family die lik… Susan Cain
“ Since then, some forty years of research has reached the same startling conclusion. Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases: groups of nine generate fewer and poorer ide… Susan Cain
“ Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of paying attention to two things at the same time. What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduce… Susan Cain
