“ Was only once they accepted these two realities that Greg and Emily found a way to break their stalemate. Instead of focusing on the number of dinner parties they’d give, they started talking about th… Susan Cain
“ The orchid hypothesis by David Dobbs in a wonderful article in The Atlantic. This theory holds that many children are like dandelions, able to thrive in just about any environment. But others, includi… Susan Cain
“ Talk is for communicating need-to-know information; quiet and introspection are signs of deep thought and higher truth. Words are potentially dangerous weapons that reveal things better left unsaid. T… Susan Cain
“ Sometimes they’re highly empathic. It’s as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people’s emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. They tend to have unusually s… Susan Cain
“ Shy and introverted people might choose to spend their days in behind-the-scenes pursuits like inventing, or researching, or Susan Cain
“ She knew that she was just doing what you learn to do naturally as a quiet person in a loudmouth world. Susan Cain
“ People in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that, he has said. I draw energy from discussing ideas. Susan Cain
“ Our Charlie Brown moments are the price we have to pay to bang our drums happily through the decades. Susan Cain
“ Men regarded ability in speaking as a peculiar gift, needed only by the lawyer, clergyman, or statesman. Today we have come to realize that it is the indispensable weapon of those who would forge ahea… Susan Cain
“ It takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise, Susan Cain
“ Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion concentrates the mind on the tasks in ha… Susan Cain
“ How frustrated he is by his colleagues’ failure to distinguish between good presentation skills and true leadership ability. Susan Cain
“ Extroverts are sociable because their brains are good at handling competing demands on their attention—which is just what dinner-party conversation involves. In contrast, introverts often feel repelle… Susan Cain
“ Can be hard for extroverts to understand how badly introverts need to recharge at the end of a busy day. We all empathize with a sleep-deprived mate who comes home from work too tired to talk, but it’… Susan Cain
“ A psychologist named Solomon Asch conducted a series of now-famous experiments on the dangers of group influence. Asch gathered student volunteers into groups and had them take a vision test. He showe… Susan Cain
“ Would you be surprised if I told you that the vaudevillean professor and the recluse who prefers a life of the mind are one and Susan Cain
“ What is the inner behavior of people whose most visible feature is that when you take them to a party they aren't very pleased about it? Susan Cain
“ We failed to realize that what makes sense for the asynchronous, relatively anonymous interactions of the Internet might not work as well inside the face-to-face, politically charged, acoustically noi… Susan Cain
“ Usually they’re carried away by people who are assertive and domineering. The risk with our students is that they’re very good at getting their way. But that doesn’t mean they’re going the right way.… Susan Cain
