TY - BOOK AU - Cain,Susan TI - Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking SN - 9780141029191 U1 - 155.23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Introversion KW - Extraversion KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Self-actualization (Psychology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The north and south of temperament -- Pt. 1. The extrovert ideal -- Ch. 1. The rise of the "mighty likable fellow": How extroversion became the cultural ideal -- Ch. 2. The myth of charismatic leadership: The culture of personality, a hundred years later -- Ch. 3. When collaboration kills creativity: The rise of the new groupthink and the power of working alone -- Pt. 2. Your biology, your self? -- Ch. 4. Is temperament destiny?: Nature, nurture, and the orchid hypothesis -- Ch. 5. Beyond temperament: The role of free will (and the secret of public speaking for introverts) -- Ch. 6. "Franklin was a politician, but Eleanor spoke out of conscience": Why cool is overrated -- Ch. 7. Why did Wall Street crash and Warren Buffett prosper?: How introverts and extroverts think (and process dopamine) differently -- Ch. 8. Soft power: Asian-Americans and the extrovert ideal -- Pt. 4. How to love, how to work -- Ch. 9. When should you act more extroverted than you really are? -- Ch. 10. The communication gap: How to talk to members of the opposite type -- Ch. 11. On cobblers and generals: how to cultivate quiet kids in a world that can't hear them -- Conclusion: Wonderland -- A note on the dedication -- A note on the words introvert and extrovert N2 - Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. That fact is whether we're an introvert or an extrovert. The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. And at least a third of us are on the introverted side. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts. Without them we wouldn't have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity and Van Gogh's sunflowers. Yet extroverts have taken over. Shyness, sensitivity and seriousness are often seen as being negative. Introverts feel reproached for being the way they are. In Quiet, Susan Cain shows how the brain chemistry of introverts and extroverts differs, and how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts. She gives introverts the tools to better understand themselves and take full advantage of their strengths. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with real stories, Quiet will permanently change how we see introverts - and how you see yourself ER -