An interesting and timely investigation into introversion, and how introverts are undervalued and misunderstood in schools, the workplace, and Western society.One of the most interesting chapters is about how, after industrialisation, the USA quickly evolved into a culture that valued a hearty, sale...
I had a long, lovely review written for this one, but the computer stopped computing. Bah.Anyway, this book could not be more relevant to my interests, speaking as somebody who's at the extreme end of the "I" scale. I'd been enjoying Cain's blog posts over at Psychology Today, and I was excited to h...
Everyone's all, "Oh! You HAVE to read this book!" and while I usually balk when told what to do, another person recently told me I needed to read this book and I take her advice seriously, so I will read this damned book.
"Quiet" is a well documented, interesting and very informative book about introversion: what it is; its origin (genetic or not); why, where and when extroversion started becoming a dominant cultural ideal, so that it’s considered important to be an extrovert and troublesome to be an introvert; how m...
I am both shy and introverted. I only have a couple of close friends, and either I've known them for years or I met them through the friends I've known forever. This year (school year, I mean. August 2013 to now), I only went out with my friends once.Safe to say, this is a must-read for me.
I enjoyed reading the theories of high-reactive children becoming introverts (risk averse), and low reactive children becoming extroverts (risk seeking). The information lines up with my childhood experiences of being extremely averse to applause and crowd noise. This book is reminding me of my curr...
Somehow I was expecting more from this book. Ironically Susan Cain presents her views on Introversion better (see the excellent TED presentation)Maybe part of the problem is that it is such a broad subject and Cain tries to cover so much ground that the text jumps around a lot - in short the sort of...
This has been probably the one review I've been most intimidated to write for the longest time, and it's not because Susan Cain's "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" isn't a strongly asserted and powerful work. I could sing its respective praises for days. The fact of...
Interesting insights in this book, especially around effectiveness of introvert managers and extrovert managers for different types of employees -- and the studies around sensitivity. However, it's clear this author has an axe to grind with extroverts. I'm about as introverted as they come, so I kno...
Anyone who is an introvert knows just how difficult it is to desire isolation in a country that so values social interaction. This book really did a good job explaining how we feel; I felt that the author had done a Vulcan mind meld with me because of just how accurate the descriptions of introverte...
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