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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Paperback – 3 Jan. 2013
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SUSAN CAIN'S NEW BOOK, BITTERSWEET, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE INTROVERTS - AND YOURSELF - FOREVER.
Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed.
That fact is whether we're an introvert or an extrovert.
The most fundamental dimension of personality, at least a third of us are introverts, and yet shyness, sensitivity and seriousness are often seen as a negative. 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. In Quiet, Susan Cain shows how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts while giving them the tools to better understand themselves and take full advantage of their strengths.
Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with real stories, whether an introvert or extrovert, this book will change how you see human beings for good.
*****
'I can't get Quiet out of my head. It is an important book - so persuasive and timely and heartfelt it should inevitably effect change in schools and offices' Jon Ronson, The Guardian
'Susan Cain's Quiet has sparked a quiet revolution . . . Perhaps rather than sitting back and asking people to speak up, managers and company leaders might lean forward and listen' Megan Walsh, The Times
'Maybe the extrovert ideal is no longer as powerful as it was; perhaps it is time we all stopped to listen to the still, small voice of calm' Daisy Goodwin, The Sunday Times
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date3 Jan. 2013
- Dimensions12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-100141029196
- ISBN-13978-0141029191
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Quiet is a very timely book, and Cain's central thesis is fresh and important. Maybe the extrovert ideal is no longer as powerful as it was; perhaps it is time we all stopped to listen to the still, small voice of calm -- Daisy Goodwin ― The Sunday Times
Susan Cain's Quiet has sparked a quiet revolution. In our booming culture, hers is a still, small voice that punches above its weight. Perhaps rather than sitting back and asking people to speak up, managers and company leaders might lean forward and listen -- Megan Walsh ― The Times
I can't get Quiet out of my head. It is an important book - so persuasive and timely and heartfelt it should inevitably effect change in schools and offices -- Jon Ronson ― The Guardian
A startling, important, and readable page-turner ― Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth
About the Author
Susan Cain is the author of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop Talking, which has sold over 2 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. Since her 2012 TED talk was posted online it has been viewed over 40 million times. Her writing on introversion and shyness has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Oprah magazine and Psychology Today. Cain has spoken at the Royal Society of Arts, Microsoft and Google, and has appeared on the BBC, CBS and NPR. Her work has been featured on the cover of Time, in the Daily Mail, the FT, the Atlantic, GQ, Grazia, the New Yorker, Wired, Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes, USA Today, the Washington Post, CNN and Slate.com. She is an honours graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons.
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- Publisher : Penguin; 1st edition (3 Jan. 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0141029196
- ISBN-13 : 978-0141029191
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

SUSAN CAIN is the author of the bestsellers Quiet Journal, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which has been translated into 40 languages, is in its seventh year on the New York Times best seller list, and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine, which also named Cain one of its Most Creative People in Business.
LinkedIn named her the 6th Top Influencer in the world. Susan has partnered with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant and Dan Pink to launch the Next Big Idea Book Club and they donate all their proceeds to children’s literacy programs.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 30 million times on TED.com and YouTube combined, and was named by Bill Gates one of his all-time favorite talks.
Cain has also spoken at Microsoft, Google, the U.S. Treasury, the S.E.C., Harvard, Yale, West Point and the US Naval Academy. She received Harvard Law School’s Celebration Award for Thought Leadership, the Toastmasters International Golden Gavel Award for Communication and Leadership, and was named one of the world’s top 50 Leadership and Management Experts by Inc. Magazine. She is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons.
Visit Cain and Quiet at www.quietrev.com.
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The book seems to have caused a lot of interest in the US - and it probably does stir things up a little in that culture, where extroversion is seen as the only appropriate social norm. Overall its a thought provoking look at the world with a number of interesting insights. It made me think differently about whether I was actually an introvert or an extrovert and also start to think about the ways that I , as an employer, value and treat the contributions and the variety of talents in my work force.
So the criticisms that follow should be weighed in the balance of that overall positive review.
Criticism one is the style of this book. It has, for me, too much of the "self help anonymised story" about it. You know the kind of thing. Bob (let's call him Bob) was a middle aged manager who ahd been married to Mindy for 12 years. Mindy was a home maker and very shy, while Bob was captain of his local bowling team...." Blah Blah. A dumb story which neatly demonstrates whatever point the author is trying to make and usually ends with Bob and Mindy both changing their ways and becoming happier and better adjusted people.
But single examples are just that - silly manufactured stories about an individual - not an analysis of a problem using objective data. This book is good when it tries to look at groups and statistics - to analyse things from a societal point of view. The fact that classrooms are now arranged in ways that encourage group activity rather than individual study is a good point. The fact that some anonymised middle manager is now getting on better with his timid wife is just meaningless chaff.
Second cricitism. There is a conflation of introversion and extroversion too often with the issue of speaking in public. Of course public speaking is something which traditionally separates introverts from extroverts - but it is by no means the only or best test - and I feel that there is too much recourse to it in the book as a token for the introversion / extroversion paradigm.
Third, one gets the feeling that the author is in some ways telling you about her own story of emerging and flowering as a person content to be introverted. Fair play. Anyone can write a book about their own journey. But in doing so, the author almost falls into the same trap: the trap of everyone's life having to be a "success". It's kind of "I was a timid lawyer... but now I have harnessed the power to be a GREAT timid lawyer. And I'm happy, (oh so happy) in my skin!!!" Actually, I'd think that the author would have achieved contentment more completely if she didn't have to tell people how successful she had been in her slef discovery. Achieving self discovery (and then telling the world about it in a book) is really stealing the clothes of the extrovert and saying "me too!!" Better not to feel the need to judge oneself by the kind of tests that extroverts use to measure success - because al lyou are really doing is re-inforcing their validity when the aim of the book appears to be to suggest an alternative.
There are a number of other points to make - but you've heard enough from me to get a flavour. I enjoyed reading it, and it caused me to rethink things. But it also caused me to think that someone, somewhere could write a better study which was less like a combination of anecdote and self help manual and more like a neutral observation on an important topic.
This book lead me to have a brief discussion with my manager about my own working style and how best to use my skills and temperament moving forwards and for that alone it may have been a beneficial read. The fact that it was interesting and informative is a welcome bonus.
This also explores how parents can better deal with Introverted children, especially if they are also Introverts or even if they are Extroverts and their more sensitive child may be a puzzle to them.
This book has lead me to explore this topic in greater detail and to read some other books mentioned by the author as part of her discussion.
In a world that seems to be constantly screaming at us, it is a relief to know my desire to step back and recharge is perfectly normal and that everyone in society has something to offer. This is empowering and quite some achievement for an author to offer a reader.
If this topic even remotely interests you then this book comes highly recommended. It is a clear and fascinating journey into different personality traits and will open your eyes to a world of possibility and personal acceptance.











