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37 quotes by Susan Cain

Susan Horowitz Cain (born 1968) is an American writer and lecturer, and author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people.
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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... →

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Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

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I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.

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To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at the turn of the... →

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Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you.... →

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What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same. If you went back to your reunion from school, you would probably... →

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All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and... →

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We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with shyness - but the... →

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Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.

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I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs, but you don't... →

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Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

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In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do... →

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In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom, which is automatically... →

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