Susan Cain Quotes - Page 3

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• We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts -
  which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. Depending on which study you consult, one third to one half of Americans are introverts - in other words, one out of every two or three people you know.

  Susan Cain

  Mean, Sight, Two

  "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking". Book by Susan Cain, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones

  Susan Cain

  Naked, Lions, Dangerous

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.108, Broadway Books

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• The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.

  Susan Cain

  School, Kids, Needs

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.253, Broadway Books

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• Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.

  Susan Cain

  Party, Believe, Wine

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• We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short on explication, but its stories suggest that introversion plays yin to the yang of extroversion; that the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them well.

  Susan Cain

  Book, Thoughtful, Play

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.61, Broadway Books

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• Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

  Susan Cain

  Love, People, Important

  "One trick introverts use to become influential public leaders" by Rachel Gillett, www.businessinsider.com. June 24, 2015.

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• The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.

  Susan Cain

  Pressure, Anxious, Sells

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.31, Broadway Books

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• 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

  Cousin, Disappointment, Class

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.12, Penguin UK

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• Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. But when you’re focused on a project that you care about, you probably find that your energy is boundless.

  Susan Cain

  Challenges, Trying, Energy

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• Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity. Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth.

  Susan Cain

  Warrior, Simple, Office

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.85, Broadway Books

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• In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who’s comfortable "putting himself out there."

  Susan Cain

  Thinking, Self, Individuality

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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• But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of rejection, then the health of these institutions seems far more vulnerable than we think.

  Susan Cain

  Powerful, Thinking, Rejection

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.92, Broadway Books

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• College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups.

  Susan Cain

  College, Groups, Students

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.81, Broadway Books

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• It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

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  People, Tragedy, World

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.137, Broadway Books

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• [Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Journey

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• The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic achievement. Neither E=mc2 nor Paradise Lost was dashed off by a party animal.

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  Party, Animal, Rushing

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• Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, Needs, Introvert

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.173, Broadway Books

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• INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react to these events with depression, anxiety, and shyness. Indeed, about a quarter of Kagan’s high-reactive kids suffer from some degree of the condition known as “social anxiety disorder,” a chronic and disabling form of shyness.

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  Kids, Anxiety Disorder, Parent

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• A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.

  Susan Cain

  Disappointment, Self, Our Society

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• The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

  Susan Cain

  Energy, Waste, Talent

  "'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,' by Susan Cain". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. January 26, 2012.

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• I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, People, Worry

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.52, Broadway Books

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• When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

  Susan Cain

  Football, Beer, Glasses

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.139, Penguin UK

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• We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the children who change but their environments. As adults they get to select the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit them. They don't have to live in whatever culture they'er plunked into.

  Susan Cain

  Children, Kids, Circles

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.253, Broadway Books

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• In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" - but there's a lot to be said for taking your home with you wherever you go.

  Susan Cain

  Integrity, Home, Animal

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, January 24, 2012.

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• We've known about the transcendent power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it.

  Susan Cain

  Power, Solitude, Forgotten

  "Introverts Run the World - Quietly". edition.cnn.com. March 18, 2012.

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