Thebook that started the Quiet Revolution
At least one-third of the people we knoware introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; whoinnovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their ownover working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, SteveWozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that wedramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. Shecharts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century andexplores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces usto successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who rechargesin solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly tapsinto the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, andfilled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power topermanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they seethemselves.
ProductDetails
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Broadway Books (January 29,2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780307352156
ISBN-13: 978-0307352156
ASIN: 0307352153
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
MoreAbout the Author
Biography
Hi, I'm Susan Cain, author of theforthcoming book, "QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can'tStop Talking" (Crown Publishers in the U.S., Viking/Penguin in the U.K.,Jan. 2012).

Before I became a writer, I practicedcorporate law for seven years, representing clients like Goldman Sachs andGeneral Electric. Then I started a negotiation consultancy, training all kindsof people, from hedge fund managers to TV producers to college studentsnegotiating their first salaries. My clients have included Merrill Lynch,Shearman & Sterling, One Hundred Women in Hedge Funds, and many more. Iwent to Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

From this you might guess that I'm ahardcore, wonderfully self-confident, pound-the-table kind of person, when infact I'm just the opposite. I prefer listening to talking, reading tosocializing, and cozy chats to group settings. I like to think before I speak(softly). I've never given a speech without being terrified first. And somehowI know that everything I've ever accomplished, in love and in work, I owe tothese traits, annoying though they may sometimes be. I've explored this paradoxin my book.

I live on the banks of the Hudson River inan 1822 captain's cottage with my beloved husband and sons. My favoriteactivities are reading, writing, lounging around caf?s, and doing the mambowith my family. I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions. A few times a year, Itry to like cooking. I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I'm a proudmember of the Invisible Institute, a small authors group whose members includePulitzer Prize winners, New York Times bestselling authors, and some of themost inspiring human beings in New York City.