Quotes by Susan Cain

About Susan Cain:

Susan Horowitz Cain 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. In 2015, Cain co-founded Quiet Revolution, a mission-based company with initiatives in the areas of children (parenting and education), lifestyle, and the workplace.
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Use your natural powers - of persistence, concentration, and insight - to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, and think deeply

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Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen ...

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It's not that there is no small talk...It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but at the end...Sensitive people...'enjoy small talk only after they've gone deep' says Strickland. 'When sensitive people are in environments that nurtu...

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Purification and redemption are such recurrent themes in ritual because there is a clear and ubiquitous need for them: we all do regrettable things as a result of our own circumstances, and new rituals are frequently invented in response to new circu...

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The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.

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What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in deliberate practice. This is the key to exceptional achievement.

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Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.

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you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at all. For writing means revealing one self to excess; that utmost of self-revelation and surrender, in which a human being, when involved with others,...

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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 going to be a high-stimulation environment. Probably the best way of teaching in general is one on one, ...

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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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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 goin...

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I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.

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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 find that if you ranked everyone in your class into terms of levels of introversion and extroversion you'd s...

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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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As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

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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 actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

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

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I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

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I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.

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Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

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Author Bio

  • NameSusan Cain
  • Descriptionself-help writer
  • Born1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer
  • WorksQuiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking