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Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.

Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.
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155.232 CAI
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Record Number 1751047
ISBN 9780141029191 (paperback)
Name Cain, Susan author.
Title Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.
Portion of title Power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking.
Power of introverts in a world that cannot stop talking.
Published London : Penguin Books, 2013.
©2012.
Description xii, 333 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes Originally published in Great Britain by Viking Press, 2012 and in the USA by Crown Publishers, 2012.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the north and south of temperament -- 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 crash 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 -- Conclusion : Wonderland.
Summary The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. And at least a third of us are on the introverted side. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts. Without them we wouldn't have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity and Van Gogh's sunflowers. Yet extroverts have taken over. Shyness, sensitivity and seriousness are often seen as being negative. Introverts feel reproached for being the way they are. This book shows how the brain chemistry of introverts and extroverts differs, and how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts.
Subjects Interpersonal relations
Introversion
Self-actualization (Psychology)
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