Susan Cain on Reaching a Quiet Life

Bay Area journalist s.e. smith thinks the high school goths were right: we should be talking about death all the time. It’s underdiscussed for something that will literally affect us all. And in that silence, they say, things get worse: the topic becomes less approachable, inevit ... Show More

Mary H.K. Choi compares living with her brain to just not understanding the operating system on a computer. She didn’t know if this was a result of trauma and neglect in her childhood, the experience of being parentified as a child, grief after the death of her father, or what. S ... Show More

Margaret Glaspy compares the experience she was having on Instagram to being lightly punched in the gut, over and over, for a very long time. Like it’s not like being hit hard, just a little tap of something negative with each update you read, each comparison made, each distancin ... Show More

We revisit a conversation with bestselling author Susan Cain, renowned author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. We also talk about why we should be the one t ... Show More

<p>Why knowing your tendency can improve your life.</p> <p>Susan Cain is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers <em>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking</em>, and <em>Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole</em>. Her Kindred Letters ... Show More

<p>In January 2013, Susan Cain published a book that would spark a global conversation and change the world. Her stunning, international bestseller,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352153" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">< ... Show More

Susan Cain is the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Brave: https://brave.com/lex – Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get ear ... Show More

For decades, introversion was looked at as something to overcome, almost like an illness. The way to win in life was through charisma, outspokenness, and self-promotion. Even now, in an increasingly noisy world, introverts may feel added pressure to take one of two paths: force t ... Show More

A few months ago, we spun up a Hello Monday community group on LinkedIn. (You can join it here.) When we asked people to introduce themselves by sharing five things not on their LinkedIn profiles, a LOT of community members - more than half - self-identified as introverts. And th ... Show More

Today, I talk to Susan Cain, the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which spent seven years on the New York times bestseller list and has been translated into over 40 languages. It was named the number one best book of the year by Fast Co ... Show More

Best-selling author Susan Cain shares her personal philosophy and the research that started a movement to empower introverts! For this episode, we wanted to share ourselves – We discuss our values, epiphanies and perspectives on the good life. We also shed light on introversion a ... Show More

How does accepting who we are give us permission to show up in a different way? This week’s Rethink Moment begins with a book that became a movement - Quiet by Susan Cain. Rachel and Susan explore what happens when an introvert is thrown into the spotlight, and how to trust the p ... Show More

In today's episode, Vishen interviews Susan Cain, author of the best-selling phenomenon 'Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'. She'll explain the premise of her new book 'Bittersweet' and how sorrow and longing can actually make us whole. If you seek ... Show More