具體描述
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh’s sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer.
Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts.
Perhaps most inspiring, she introduces us to successful introverts--from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships to how to empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a "pretend extrovert."
This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
著者簡介
SUSAN CAIN is a consultant to major corporations and law firms on negotiation strategies and personal presentation style. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons. Visit her website, ThePowerofIntroverts.com.
圖書目錄
Introduction: The North and South of Temperament 15
Part 1 The Extrovert Ideal
1 The Rise of the "Mighty Likeable Fellow": How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal 43
2 The Myth of Charismatic Leadership: The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later 67
3 When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone 128
Part 2 Your Biology, Your Self?
4 Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture, and the Orchid Hypothesis 171
5 Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will (and the Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts) 200
6 "Franklin was a Politician, But Eleanor Spoke Out of Conscience": Why Cool is Overrated 225
7 Why Did Wall Street Crash and Warren Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently 266
Part 3 Do All Cultures Have an Extrovert Ideal?
8 Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal 307
Part 4 How to Love, How to Work
9 When Should You Act More Extroverted Than You Really Are? 347
10 The Communication Gap: How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type 379
11 On Cobblers and Generals: How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't Hear Them 408
Conclusion: Wonderland 447
A Note on the Dedication 452
A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert 455
Acknowledgments 459
Notes 465
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讀後感
引言 南北性格 关键词：估量自己 做你自己 整理： 对于内向的人来说，估量自己是件困难的事情，但是当他们去做的时候却又是很强大的。 内向性格是自己至关重要的一个组成部分，接纳自我也意味着没有必要排斥这种性格，性格是“我是谁”的重要基础。学会欣然接受这种本...
評分在找工作时，我们简历上描述自己的时候，往往会写上：“性格开朗、善于沟通、组织能力强”等这样的字眼，不管自己是不是这样或者喜不喜欢这样。我们认为现在商业社会的主流是需要这样的人，而不喜欢性格沉默、不善于沟通、组织能力不强的人。有人说：“从个性文化发端起，我们...
評分在找工作时，我们简历上描述自己的时候，往往会写上：“性格开朗、善于沟通、组织能力强”等这样的字眼，不管自己是不是这样或者喜不喜欢这样。我们认为现在商业社会的主流是需要这样的人，而不喜欢性格沉默、不善于沟通、组织能力不强的人。有人说：“从个性文化发端起，我们...
評分上级推荐我读这本书。我一看书名——《安静-内向性格的竞争力》，警惕与羞愧立马竖起。 为何不认同别人说我“内向”？我在书中找到了答案。 内向性格在长期以来的社会观念中是“低劣”的，相对于总能大声发出自己声音的外向性格，它更是没有竞争力的。但实际上喜欢安静独处...
評分如作者所言，美国社会中，内向者约占1/3-1/2的比例。考虑到美国是一个移民社会，移民崇尚冒险，而冒险/谨慎与外向/内向有正相关性。那么在非移民社会，内向者的比例应该会更高才对。 以中国而论，数千年结构稳定的农耕社会显然不需要那么多的外向者，安分守己的内向者才是这个...
用戶評價
作者/作者所描述的和我的生活太近瞭，讀著感覺好奇怪。
评分Far too many introverts feel the pressure to put on a mask to be extroverts, to fit in, introverts should simply be accepted.
评分內嚮不是錯，從心理學角度分析內嚮。暢銷書的寫法，但是科學地論證還是太少。
评分對內嚮的新定義方法：對外界刺激的反應程度，和Reward-seeking magnitude。更新瞭傳統上“內嚮即反社交”這一概念，而更多的是內外嚮的人有不同的社交模式和偏好。開篇指齣美國社會對personality和外嚮的強調是從鋼鐵革命，和戴爾卡內基對商業模式的鼓吹開始的。可惜更多的是基於美國社會的不足進行探討，個人認為並不適閤亞洲。而更為嚴重的一點是，這給人心安理得的不去進行社交找到瞭藉口（雖然並非作者本意）。這樣的書籍會讓讀者不自主地將自己歸類為內嚮或者外嚮，其實絕大部分人應該是處於二者之間。總體來說，誠意十足。我的中文已經退化到一定程度瞭。
评分對內嚮的新定義方法：對外界刺激的反應程度，和Reward-seeking magnitude。更新瞭傳統上“內嚮即反社交”這一概念，而更多的是內外嚮的人有不同的社交模式和偏好。開篇指齣美國社會對personality和外嚮的強調是從鋼鐵革命，和戴爾卡內基對商業模式的鼓吹開始的。可惜更多的是基於美國社會的不足進行探討，個人認為並不適閤亞洲。而更為嚴重的一點是，這給人心安理得的不去進行社交找到瞭藉口（雖然並非作者本意）。這樣的書籍會讓讀者不自主地將自己歸類為內嚮或者外嚮，其實絕大部分人應該是處於二者之間。總體來說，誠意十足。我的中文已經退化到一定程度瞭。
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