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Susan Cain


American
1968
Writer
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I've never given a speech without being terrified first.


Susan Cain
Tags: Never Being First
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I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.


Susan Cain
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Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.


Susan Cain
Tags: Them Some Public
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The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.


Susan Cain
All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and extroversion mostly through its positive side.
Susan Cain
You can't pick up a business magazine ever without seeing the word 'collaborate' splashed all over it. I think people are probably feeling assaulted by the need to always be on and always be interacting.
Susan Cain
To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at the turn of the 20th century when we had the rise of big business.
Susan Cain
We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with shyness - but the underlying temperament of being a careful, sensitive person is to be honoured, valued and respected.
Susan Cain
Tags: Teacher You About
I'm not saying abolish group work - I think there's a time and a place for people to come together and exchange ideas, but let's restore the respect we once had for solitude. And we need to be much more mindful of the way we come together.
Susan Cain
Tags: Time Work Respect