Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

Author

Susan Cain

Call Number

• 155.232 C1355 (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Crown Pub., c2012.

Physical Description

x, 333 p. ; 25 cm.

Summary

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.

Contents

• 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
• 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 cash and Warren Buffett prosper? : how introverts and extroverts think (and process dopamine) differently
• Soft power : Asian-Americans and the extrovert ideal
• 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.