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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by Susan Cain.Published 2013.
ISBN-13: 9780307352156
The book that
started The Quiet Revolution.
At least
one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer
listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who
favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts — Rosa
Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak — that we owe many of the great
contributions to society.
In Quiet, Susan
Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we
lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the
twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture.
She also introduces us to successful introverts — from a witty, high-octane
public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking
salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued,
impeccably researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet
has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally
important, how they see themselves.
