Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Name: Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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ISBN: 9780307352149

ISBN-10: 0307352145

ISBN-13: 9780307352149

Edition: 2012

Authors: Susan Cain

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At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who invent and create but prefer not to pitch their own ideas; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled ;quiet, ; it is to introverts we owe many of the great contributions to society-from Van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with the indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Susan Cain charts the rise of ;the extrovert ideal ; over the twentieth…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.45" wide x 9.36" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction: The North and South of Temperament



The Extrovert Ideal



The Rise of the "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal



The Myth of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later



When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone



Your Biology, Your Self?



Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis



Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts)



"Franklin was a Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out of Conscience": Why Cool Is Overrated



Why Did Wall Street Crash and Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently



Do All Cultures Have an Extrovert Ideal?



Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal



How to Love, How to Work



When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are?



The Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type



On Cobblers and Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them


Conclusion: Wonderland


A Note on the Dedication


A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index