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I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

Susan Cain

Personality, Style

We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness.

Susan Cain

Class, Two, Personality

"Giving Introverts Permission to Be Themselves". Interview with Zosia Bielski, www.theglobeandmail.com. January 26, 2012.

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?

Susan Cain

Self, Should, Presentation

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.33, Broadway Books

Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you don't question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing.

Susan Cain

Bored, Adequacy, Flow

Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place.

Susan Cain

Fashion, Creativity, School

"The Rise of the New Groupthink". www.nytimes.com. January 13, 2012.

Ask your child for information in a gentle, nonjudgmental way, with specific, clear questions. Instead of “How was your day?” try “What did you do in math class today?” Instead of “Do you like your teacher?” ask “What do you like about your teacher?” Or “What do you not like so much?” Let her take her time to answer. Try to avoid asking, in the overly bright voice of parents everywhere, “Did you have fun in school today?!” She’ll sense how important it is that the answer be yes.

Susan Cain

Teacher, Children, Fun

Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.258, Broadway Books

In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom, which is automatically going to be a high-stimulation environment. Probably the best way of teaching in general is one on one, but that's not something everyone can afford.

Susan Cain

Teaching, Kids, Favour

"Susan Cain: 'Society has a cultural bias towards extroverts'". Interview with Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.