Quiet
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue
introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise
of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how
deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to
successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who
recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who
quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly
researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.