American - Writer | March 20, 1968 -
We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and you want to help a child with shyness - but the underlying temperament of being a careful, sensitive person is to be honoured, valued and respected.
Susan Cain
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One thing I'm hearing a lot is from teachers who have felt that there's something wrong with the extreme group learning, but felt like they couldn't say that out loud. And apparently the discussion is now opening up. I think change is going to be a long time coming.
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I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.
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I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it just to do my job right.
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Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.
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I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.
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Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.
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I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.
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Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.
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Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real difference I think is in how it plays out, how it relates to cultural stereotypes.
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What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same. If you went back to your reunion from school, you would probably find that if you ranked everyone in your class into terms of levels of introversion and extroversion you'd still be the same rank.
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Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
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