Quote

(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his own.)

Susan Cain

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
Lawyer
Non-Fiction Writer
Writer
Joke
Likes
Shoes
Finnish
Jokes
Famously
Nation
Finn
Instead
Finland
Nations
Introverted
Tell
Staring

More quotes by Susan Cain

Image
In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?
Susan Cain
Image
Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger it fuels it.
Susan Cain
Image
The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.
Susan Cain
Image
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
Image
...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their ideas. If you want the wisdom of the crowd, gather it electronically, or in writing, and make sure people can't see each other's ideas until everyone has had a chance to contribute.
Susan Cain
Image
Every American was to become a performing self.
Susan Cain
Image
I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions.
Susan Cain
Image
We don't need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.
Susan Cain
Image
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
Susan Cain
Image
Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.
Susan Cain
Image
Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.
Susan Cain
Image
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.
Susan Cain
Image
Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.
Susan Cain
Image
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.
Susan Cain
Image
We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts - which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. Depending on which study you consult, one third to one half of Americans are introverts - in other words, one out of every two or three people you know.
Susan Cain
Image
Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.
Susan Cain
Image
Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.
Susan Cain
Image
America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's box of personal anxieties of which we would never recover.
Susan Cain
Image
Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.
Susan Cain
Image
The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.
Susan Cain