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Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking (2012)

by Susan Cain(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307352145 (ISBN13: 9780307352149)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crown

review 1: I REALLY enjoyed the first couple chapters about the history of how Americans have treated those who are introverted. The author goes "undercover" to a Tony Robbins event and to an evangelical megachurch service and talks about how the business world and the Christian world have made being extroverted a character norm. The rest of the book is a bit more dry and scientific, which is fine, just wasn't as engaging to me. She talks about the nature vs. nurture question, psychology, etc.
review 2: Cain makes an excellent case for appreciating the quiet thinkers, an estimated 30% of the population. She defines the history of how our society moved from a focus on Character to "the Extrovert Ideal" in the 20th century. She reviews many studies that have proven that int... moreroverts are better at problem solving and much else. It's a manifesto for those of us who believe that the cult of multi-tasking is silly. less

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