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

• Main Author: Cain, Susan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Broadway Paperbacks 2013
• Subjects: Introverts; Introversion; Extraversion; Interpersonal relations
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The book that started the Quiet Revolution 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,...

Table of 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.