Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
ISBN: 9780307352149 | 0307352145
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Pub. Date: 1/24/2012
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At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who invent and create but prefer not to pitch their own ideas; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled “quiet,” it is to introverts we owe many of the great contributions to society-from Van Gogh’s sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with the indelible stories of real people, Quiet show... MORE
| Author's Note | p. xi |
| Introduction: The North and South of Temperament | p. 1 |
| The Extrovert Ideal | |
| The Rise of the "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal | p. 19 |
| The Myth of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later | p. 34 |
| When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone | p. 71 |
| Yo... MORE | |
| Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis | p. 97 |
| Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts) | p. 115 |
| "Franklin was a Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out of Conscience": Why Cool Is Overrated | p. 130 |
| Why Did Wall Street Crash and Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently | p. 155 |
| Do All Cultures Have an Extrovert Ideal? | |
| Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal | p. 181 |
| How to Love, How to Work | |
| When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are? | p. 205 |
| The Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type | p. 224 |
| On Cobblers and Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them | p. 241 |
| Conclusion: Wonderland | p. 264 |
| A Note on the Dedication | p. 267 |
| A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert | p. 269 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 273 |
| Notes | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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