Quiet

The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

By: Susan Cain

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introverts—and how introverts see themselves—by offering validation, inclusion, and inspiration

“Superbly researched, deeply insightful, and a fascinating read, Quiet is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to understand the gifts of the introverted half of the population.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—People, O: The Oprah Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Inc., Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, impeccably researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

©2012 Susan Cain (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

2013, Carnegie Medal, Long-listed

2012, Goodreads.com Readers Choice Award for Best Debut Author and Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, Winner

“As an introvert often called upon to behave like an extrovert, I found the information in this book revealing and helpful. Drawing on neuroscientific research and many case reports, Susan Cain explains the advantages and potentials of introversion and of being quiet in a noisy world.” (Andrew Weil, author of Healthy Aging and Spontaneous Happiness)

“Susan Cain has done a superb job of sifting through decades of complex research on introversion, extroversion, and sensitivity—this book will be a boon for the many highly sensitive people who are also introverts.” (Elaine Aron, author of The Highly Sensitive Person)

It's about time, a wonderful book.

I finally know a lot more about what makes me, me. A wonderful, insightful book.

A must read!

Excellent book for individuals, parents and teachers to truly understand the value of all personalities!

a solid book

this was a great book and provided insight into the introverted personality. as someone who has characteristics of both it reaffirm some of my preferences and habits and did make any of my personality traits weird. it's a great book to read for anybody parent of a young introvert, for anybody who has always wanted insight into who they are, or just a plain old good old enjoyable read.

a cultural and scientific look into personality

As a somewhat extrovert who is married to and parenting introverts, I found this book quite interesting. It looks at the science and psychology underlying introversion and extroversion as well as our cultural prejudices about these traits. It was very helpful to begin to understand why a person who is extroverted or introverted may approach different situations in different ways and providing suggestions of how to appreciate both types and utilize the strengths of both.

Great book to help understand the world as viewed by introverts

As a husband, father, and leader in the workplace I found this boom to be very informative. Susan’s use of data and research to support the views and statements was great.

Shhh

The quiet ones are truly the ones to look out for. This book only strengthens my views on calm, collected, quiet individuals and the in depth knowledge they possess.

Ambivert...who knew

Great insights, lots of detail, took me a while to complete but worth sticking with.

A Masterpiece

This was a delight to listen to. Susan writes so eloquently and with such a vast source of documentation and study to help make each of her points clear and easy to understand. As an introvert who is married to an intense introvert with both of our sons also introverted, this was a wealth of both information and reassurance. Thank-you Susan for writing this beautiful book. I will now promptly listen to it all over again.

Didn't want it to end!

This book has helped me recognize many of my traits not as weaknesses but as misunderstood strengths. I now feel like my style is valid.

I was so enjoying the authors insights I didn't want the book to end!

Great book but no solutions to become better.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. To other introverts friend of mine.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

This is non fiction so no spoiler

Have you listened to any of Kathe Mazur’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Quiet

Any additional comments?

It's a great book to understand yourself, but did not give many tips to become more outgoing.