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Quiet: The Power of
Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,
by Susan Cain (2013).
Description:
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,
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, impeccably 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.
