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    Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.

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    • Title:Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.
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    • Variant Title:Power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
    • Author/Creator:Cain, Susan.
    • Published/Created:New York : Crown Publishers, ©2012.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Introverts.
      Introversion.
      Extraversion.
      Interpersonal relations.
    • Medical Subjects: Introversion (Psychology)--Popular Works.
      Extraversion (Psychology)--Popular Works.
      Interpersonal Relations--Popular Works.
    • Subject(s): Interpersonal relations.
      Interpersonal relations.--Popular Works.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:x, 333 pages ; 25 cm.
    • Series:Business book summary.
    • Summary:Demonstrates how introverted people are misunderstood and undervalued in modern culture, charting the rise of extrovert ideology while sharing anecdotal examples of how to use introvert talents to adapt to various situations.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-323) and index.
    • ISBN:9780307352149
      0307352145
      9780307452207 (ebook)
      0307452204 (ebook)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE EXTROVERT IDEAL
      1. Rise Of The "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal
      2. Myth Of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later
      3. When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone
      pt. TWO YOUR BIOLOGY, YOUR SELF?
      4. Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis
      5. Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts)
      6. "Franklin Was A Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out Of Conscience": Why Cool Is Overrated
      7. Why Did Wall Street Crash And Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently
      pt. THREE DO ALL CULTURES HAVE AN EXTROVERT IDEAL?
      8. Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal
      pt. FOUR HOW TO LOVE, HOW TO WORK
      9. When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are?
      10. Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type
      11. On Cobblers And Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them.
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