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| Genre/Form: | Popular Work Nonfiction Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Cain |
| ISBN: | 9780307352149 0307352145 9780307352156 0307352153 9780141029191 0141029196 9780307452207 0307452204 |
| OCLC Number: | 695683619 |
| Description: | x, 333 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | The north and south of temperament -- pt. 1: The extrovert ideal. The rise of the "mighty likeable fellow": how extroversion became the cultural ideal -- The myth of charismatic leadership: the culture of personality, a hundred years later -- When collaboration kills creativity: the rise of the new Groupthink and the power of working alone -- pt. 2: Your biology, your self? Is temperament destiny?: nature, nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis -- Beyond temperament: the role of free will (and the secret of public speaking for introverts) -- "Franklin was a politician, but Eleanor spoke out of conscience": why cool is overrated -- Why did Wall Street crash and Warren Buffett prosper?: how introverts and extroverts think (and process dopamine) differently -- pt. 3: Do all cultures have an extrovert ideal? Soft power: Asian-Americans and the extrovert ideal -- pt. 4: How to love, how to work. When should you act more extroverted than you really are? -- The communication gap: how to talk to members of the opposite type -- On cobblers and generals: how to cultivate quiet kids in a world that can't hear them -- Wonderland -- A note on the words Introvert and Extrovert. |
| Other Titles: | Power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking |
| Responsibility: | Susan Cain. |
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A startling, important, and readable page-turner * Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth * I can't get Quiet out of my head. It is an important book - so persuasive and timely and heartfelt it should inevitably effect change in schools and offices -- Jon Ronson * The Guardian * Susan Cain's Quiet has sparked a quiet revolution. In our booming culture, hers is a still, small voice that punches above its weight. Perhaps rather than sitting back and asking people to speak up, managers and company leaders might lean forward and listen -- Megan Walsh * The Times * Quiet is a very timely book, and Cain's central thesis is fresh and important. Maybe the extrovert ideal is no longer as powerful as it was; perhaps it is time we all stopped to listen to the still, small voice of calm -- Daisy Goodwin * The Sunday Times * Marvellous. The most important book published for a decade -- Lynne Truss * Sunday Telegraph * Read more...
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