Quiet

Quiet

by Susan Cain

7 mentors recommend this 360 pages

Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie's birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel aliena

ISBN: 9780739341247

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Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Leaders needn’t be the loudest. Leadership is not about theater. It’s not about dominance. It is about putting the lives of others before any other priority. In Quiet, Cain affirms to a good many of us who are introverts by nature that we needn’t try to be extroverts if we want to lead. Simply being ourselves is more important — and more effective."

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Jim Kwik

Health & Medicine

"Love [this author] and her book."

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"Love Susan and her book."

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Emma Watson

Emma Watson

Entertainment

"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life."

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Tom Peters

Business & Entrepreneurship

"[This book] embarrassed me. It suggests that most of us undervalue introverts and, thus, effectively take a pass on about 40 percent of the population. In particular, introverts tend to be more thoughtful and deliberate."

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Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson

Author

"I have rarely cried about a book as much as I did this one."

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Nicholas C. Zakas

Technology

"This book is must-read if you are an introvert. Also useful for extroverts to understand us better. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"

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