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

from infjsarah

I enjoyed reading this book - it's always nice to have a bit of self affirmation. It's always good to be reminded that you are not the only person who wants to spend your weekends at home with a good book. Unfortunately I think Ms Cain is preaching to the converted and the organisational world wi...

from justagirlwithabook

Guys. This one was so good. I like nonfiction generally but this one hit home. As a teacher, I couldn't stop drawing comparisons to the classroom and reflecting on my own teaching methods and how I can improve upon them. As an introvert, I felt all my weird, introvert-y quirks were entirely expla...

from bolgai

Whenever conversation lands on the subject of what kind of child I was my dad likes to tell the story of friends coming to ask me to go play with them and me declining in favor of reading a book. My grandmother says she could leave me to play with a cup of mixed beans and I would be happily occup...

from JanesList

This is the best book on introverts I've read since The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney. Cain starts with a history of society's movement towards over-valuing extroversion and then moves on to look at how this is affecting ALL of us, and not just the 1/3 to 1/2 of the population that is ...

from buildalife

I can't stop talking about this book. :} (And I have to say, the marketing team has done a great job with Susan Cain because most people that I mention the book to have heard of it or her--thanks especially to NPR coverage.) Quiet does something other books on introversion typically don't--and th...