Quiet
by Susan Cain · first published 2012
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Why HN recommends it
Explains introversion and extroversion in depth, defending introverts and questioning the cultural bias toward extroversion. Suits introverts seeking self-understanding, and extroverts wanting to understand them.
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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 alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values o
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…events perfectly well. Being an introvert means you find social situations incredibly tiring and need to spend time alone to recover; it doesn't mean you don't engage with them when you're there. The book "Quiet" by Susan Cains is a very good explanation of how introverts, extroverts and ambiverts work on a psychological basis. If you find social situations difficult then you're probably just anti-social. I…
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