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Susan Cain’s bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking was recently voted as Goodreads’ Best Nonfiction Book of 2012. Congratulations Susan!
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Notes"Culturally, we tend to associate leadership with extroversion and attach less importance to judgment, vision and mettle. We prize leaders who are eager talkers over those who have something to say."Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts, on the introverted nature of both Presidential candidates in her latest New York Times Op-Ed.
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Notes"Introverts are responsible for some of humanity’s greatest achievements — from Steve Wozniak’s invention of the Apple computer to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. And these introverts did what they did not in spite of their achievements — but because of them."Susan Cain, Lavin speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, talking to the Financial Post.
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Introversion meets truthiness! Susan Cain, the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, will visit the Colbert Report this Thursday. An instant New York Times bestseller, Cain’s book examines the important but undervalued contributions of introverts, who make up a third of our population. Cain is an introvert herself. Stephen Colbert—or at least the “Colbert” character—is one of America’s more famous extroverts.
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Lavin’s Susan Cain is featured in this week’s Time cover story on shyness—and for good reason! Her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, will debut at #4 on The New York Times bestseller list this weekend. Susan’s book is a rebuff to the Extrovert Ideal, and a manifesto for the under-utilized strengths of the quieter third of the population.
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Notes"I had this idea that a corporate lawyer had to be bold and alpha and comfortable in the spotlight. And I quickly found out that was not true. Yes, that’s one way of being powerful, but there was a completely different constellation of traits that would also make you very powerful. Traits like listening carefully and asking questions and building alliances one on one behind the scenes with people."Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking, on the Diane Rehm show on NPR, talking about being an introvert and working in law.
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Notes"Bill Gates is quiet and bookish, but apparently unfazed by others’ opinions of him: he’s an introvert, but not shy. Barbra Streisand has an outgoing, larger than life personality, but a paralyzing case of stage fright: she’s a shy extrovert."Lavin speaker Susan Cain, from her blog post, “Are You Shy, Introverted, Both, or Neither (and Why Does it Matter)?” Cain’s new book, due in January 2012, is Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking.
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Notes"We live in a society that regards passivity as a moral failing. But if sitting still opens minds and promotes bipartisanship, then we could all use a little less action and a little more contemplation."-Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts, from her blog post on how a little introversion may help break down the entrenched red-blue, right-left mindset plaguing American politics.
