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Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.
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writing
eye-contact
profession
creative-process
storytelling
introverts
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Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly.
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extroverts
introverts
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Susan Cain |
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Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured...Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
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inspirational
introverts
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Susan Cain |
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A Manifesto for Introverts 1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers. 2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation. 3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths. 4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi
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personality
quietness
personality-types
introversion
introverts
introverts-susan-cain-quote
quiet
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Susan Cain |
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Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones
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lions
public-speaking
introverts
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Susan Cain |
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He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; but it was obscure and vague . . . He saw what looked like the truth as by flashes of lightening on a dark, stormy night you might see a mountain range. He seemed to see that a man need not leave his life to chance, but that his will was powerful; he seemed to see that self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion; he seemed to see that the inward life might be as manifold, as varied, as rich with experience, as the life of one who conquered realms and explored unknown lands.
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life
truth
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W. Somerset Maugham |
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"Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy for speed, making increasing numbers of mistakes as they go, and abandoning ship altogether when the problem seems too difficult or frustrating. Introverts think before they act, digest information thoroughly, stay on task longer, give up less easily, and work more accurately. Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts tend to sit around wondering about things, imagining things, recalling events from their past, and making plans for the future. The extroverts are more likely to focus on what's happening around them. It's as if extroverts are seeing "what is" while their introverted peers are asking "what if."
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focus
problem-solving
processing-information
tendencies
thought-patterns
extroverts
introverts
thinking
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Susan Cain |
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The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings.
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passion
success
rewards
introverts
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Susan Cain |
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"If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure"." --
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individuality
freedom
extroverts
teamwork
introversion
introverts
introvert
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Susan Cain |
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Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess sucha key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn't choose to go to Wonderland - but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own.
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introverts
susan-cain
quiet
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Susan Cain |
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"Carl Jung said that only an introvert could see "the unfathomable stupidity of man"
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introverts
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Michael Finkel |
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Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.
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trust
introverts
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Susan Cain |
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"I need a break after school," she told me later. "School is hard because a lot of people are in the room, so you get tired. I freak out if my mom plans a play date without telling me, because I don't want to hurt my friends' feelings. But I'd rather stay home. At a friend's house you have to do the things other people want to do. I like hanging out with my mom after school because I can learn from her. She's been alive longer than me. We have thoughtful conversations. I like having conversations because they make people happy."
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happy
thoughts
feelings
learning
play
mom
introverts
quiet
introvert
home
thoughtful
school
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Susan Cain |
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If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.
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genius
giftednessss
perspiration
introverts
talent
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