Quiet power
by Susan Cain · first published 2016
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Why HN recommends it
Explores introversion as a temperament rather than shyness, helping readers understand where they draw energy and how to work with personality differences. Recommended to introverts, extroverts, and managers.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
This insightful, accessible, and empowering book, illustrated with amusing comic-style art, will be eye-opening to extroverts and introverts alike.
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…extroverts. Here's her TED talk from 2012 (19 min.): http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.... If you like that, you might enjoy her book on introverts: http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...
on “Ask HN: which jobs are accessible to very introverted devs?” ↗Is it "The Power of Quiet" by Susan Cain? Very good book that touches on this, mentioning HBR by name if memory serves. https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking-...
on “Why Harvard Business School Is Under Fire” ↗I wasn't aware of and failed to draw this distinction until I read Quiet Power by Susan Cain. A wonderful book for anyone interested that really helped me understand that introversion is not inherently undesirable, but also how to distinguish shyness to avoid falling into that trap,…
on “When Introverts Act Like Extraverts (and Vice Versa)” ↗This is a great book on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d... Introversion and extroversion have nothing to do with shyness or how outgoing you are. It has to do with where you derive energy and I disagree with the author of the linked…
on “Introversion is not the opposite of extroversion” ↗…feel the way I do and that it's alright to be "introverted". I highly recommend it if you haven't read it and this type of subject matter is enjoyable for you. (non-affil link) http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...
on “How An Introvert Learned To Be A Leader” ↗That's understandable. I read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d... and I felt a lot less guilty after more thoroughly understanding myself and what introversion is (not necessarily the same as misanthropy or social anxiety)
on “Only the Lonely” ↗…new ways, and helped me discover stuff about my own personality. It's particularly interesting to think about introversion / extroversion in terms of managing energy levels. 1: https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/...
on “Open offices are bad for us” ↗…select for work that requires deep focus, and end up having to do it in open plan offices designed by extraverts who see nothing wrong with that. This is a good book on the topic: https://www.amazon.ca/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...
on “More Americans now work full-time from home than walk and bike to office jobs” ↗I recommend reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/... I also recommend writing down your ideas. When you lose your train of thought you can refer back to what is written down. Ask for help - tell the group you've lost your…
on “Ask HN: How to Speak Confidently?” ↗I pretty much agree with you and also believe it's not the ability to process more or less stimuli but rather how sensitive one is to stimuli. http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d... is an excellent book on the subject.
on “The Plight of the Introvert [A Rant]” ↗…startup and a passion for product management, but also as a 60/40 extrovert/introvert with a 100% introvert significant other. I always recommend to anyone to read the book "Quiet" (http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...) to appreciate differences in personalities and learn how to communicate effectively with opposing personalities. This post in particular puts me a little as ease, because…
on “Why extroverts fail, introverts flounder and you probably succeed” ↗…when this might not be the case at all. Props for such an honest post; and I hope you feel better soon. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Party-One-The-Loners-Manifesto/dp/1569... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...
on “Ask HN: I'm a really lonely college student. What can I do?” ↗…understand/be happy with many of my own personality traits that I'd overlooked or misunderstood. (And, after reading the book, I realize I'm an ambivert, not an introvert.) [1] https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/...
on “People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige” ↗I'm not the author of the original comment, but I recall reading a similar argument in the book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/...
on “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013)” ↗…http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/introvert-myths_n_3... [1] http://psychcentral.com/library/shyness.htm [2] http://www.bustle.com/articles/56526-7-things-all-introverts... [3] http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/d...
on “Ask HN: How to network in San Francisco as a super introvert?” ↗