Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

This explained so much and helped shine a light into personal and professional struggles for many folks I know. ( )

I am embarrassed at not having written a review of this book after I read it. Now that a month has passed, it is hard to say much about it. It was a nice book. Is that enough to say? It will have to suffice.

Although it is a lot less popular book, while I was waiting three months for the hold on this book, I read
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2013.03.27 A year later my wife shared a talk by [a:Susan Cain|4101935|Susan Cain|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1315319296p2/4101935.jpg] from www.ted.com Hearing her talk reminded me of this book, and pleasant surprise, it is the same person, and this book is still on the NY Times best seller list!
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1/3 into the book and I find it difficult to keep on reading. I'm an introvert and some things written down in this book were nice to read, but the writing is just not good. I find myself skimming pages a lot and I just would not point people to this book who want to read more about introversion. ( )

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13421947 ( )

Excellent stuff. I listened to the integral audiobook and found it a fascinating topic. What if my parents had followed the author's advice (but of course the book wasn't around in the 70s!)...what would have become of us three daughters?
All is clear now to me, and obviously it is not a matter of winning over the shyness, but get to be a good actress to mask shyness away and play the role of the extrovert. Oh well...!
I definitely recommend this book to everyone, but especially parents with small children...it could help lots with the raising of children that are introverts and understand better what they are. ( )