Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Crown, 2012)

Susan Cain · c. 2012

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We live by an Extrovert Ideal

Their wordsWe live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal
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Introversion should not be treated as something to be cured

Their wordsDon’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.
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The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting

Their wordsThe secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.
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Personality shapes our lives as profoundly as gender or race

Their wordsOur lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race.
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Under the Extrovert Ideal, introverts are discounted like women in a man's world

Their wordsIntroverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.
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Talkers are thought smarter, though the gift of gab has nothing to do with good ideas

Their wordsthe voluble are considered smarter than the reticent — even though there’s zero correlation between the gift of gab and good ideas.
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The New Groupthink puts teamwork above all else

Their wordsThe New Groupthink elevates teamwork above all else.

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