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Susan Horowitz Cain (born 1968) is an American writer and lecturer. She is the author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people. In 2015, she co-founded Quiet Revolution, a mission-based company with initiatives in the areas of children (parenting and education), lifestyle, and the workplace. Her 2016 follow-on book, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, focused on introverted children and teens, the book also being directed to their educators and parents. Her book Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole (2022) focused on accepting feelings of sorrow and longing as inspiration to experience sublime emotions—such as beauty and wonder and transcendence—to counterbalance the "normative sunshine" of society's pressure to constantly be positive. Early life and education Cain is the youngest of three children, and was raised in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York. She graduated with an A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1989 after completing a 91-page-long senior thesis titled "A Study of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Wyndham Lewis." She earned a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1993. Career Cain worked for seven years as an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and then as a negotiations consultant as owner and principal of The Negotiation Company. She has been a fellow and a faculty/staff member of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, an educational non-profit organization. She left her careers in corporate law and consulting for a quieter life of writing at home with her family, likening her years as a Wall Street lawyer to "time spent in a foreign country". Background and motivation for Quiet Cain explained that if she were not a writer she would want to be a research psychologist. Her interest in writing about introversion reportedly stemmed from her own difficulties with public speaking, which made Harvard Law School "a trial". While still an attorney, Cain noticed that others at her firm were putting personality traits like hers to good use in the profession, and that gender per se did not explain those traits. She eventually realized that the concepts of introversion and extroversion provided the "language for talking about questions of identity" that had been lacking. She explained that in writing Quiet she was fueled by the passion and indignation that she imagined fueled the 1963 feminist book, The Feminine Mystique. She likened introverts today to women at that time—second-class citizens with gigantic amounts of untapped talent. Saying that most introverts aren't aware of how they are constantly spending their time in ways that they would prefer not to be and have been doing so all their lives, Cain explained that she was trying to give people entitlement in their own minds to be who they are. She said she was interested in working with parents and teachers of introverted children and to re-shape workplace culture and design, and in particular replace what she terms "The New Groupthink" with an environment more conducive to deep thought and solo reflection. Quiet, Quiet Power, and Quiet Journal Cain, a self-described introvert, had grappled with her own introversion as a Wall Street attorney before writing Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. In contrast, she described the time of creating Quiet—seven years of reading, researching, and thinking—as "total bliss". Initially concerned that the book would be merely a "highly idiosyncratic project", she found instead that New York book publishers engaged in a bidding war. Quiet was published January 24, 2012. Cain wrote that her year of preparation before her February 2012 TED talk had unfolded in "three stages of accelerating dread", so she joined Toastmasters and scheduled a two-hour crash course with TED's speaking coach. But saying her butterflies had turned into "gut-wrenching knots", she worked for six full days with an acting coach immediately before the talk. Three months after the talk, Cain confirmed her April 2011 prediction that the ensuing year would be her Year of Speaking Dangerously, writing that she had metamorphosed into what she termed an "impossibly oxymoronic creature: the Public Introvert". The Atlantic's Megan Garber remarked that the ideas spread by TED are becoming defined by the persona of the speaker who presents them, citing Cain in particular as representing the idea of the power of introversion in an extrovert-optimized world. Chris Weller quipped in Business Insider that Cain had become "the patron saint of introverts". Within one week of its publication, Forbes' Jenna Goudreau noted that Quiet was featured by several major media outlets and was shared extensively across the Web, Goudreau observing that readers said they felt validated and seen for the first time. Cain spoke at leadership, management, training and education conferences throughout the U.S. and internationally. By 2015 she had delivered more than 100 speeches, sometimes receiving five figures per appearance, in addition to her pro bono work. InformationWeek's Debra Donston-Miller had noted that the idea of introversion and extroversion was being widely discussed due in large part to media coverage of Quiet. Within a year of her first TED talk, Cain had formed an online public speaking and communication class for introverts, said to emphasize authenticity over showmanship. She collaborates with Steelcase to design office spaces to include quiet areas where workers can have privacy for a time, in contrast to open plan offices. In 2016, Cain co-authored Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, which focused on introverted children and teens, the book also directed to their educators and parents. In 2018, she began co-curating the Next Big Idea Club with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Daniel H. Pink, focusing on books about psychology, business, happiness, and productivity. On March 31, 2020, Cain published Quiet Journal: Discover Your Secret Strengths and Unleash Your Inner Power, a journal with a first section directed to self-assessment, and a second section for applying that self-knowledge and prompting action. The Quiet Revolution Cain's second TED talk (2014) formally announced the Quiet Revolution—a "venture backed, mission-based" organization for transforming office architecture to combat the erosion of focus and privacy in modern offices, forming a Quiet Leadership Institute to help organizations train introverted leaders, and empowering quiet children. The organization focuses on areas including children, life, and the workplace, while providing training programs and learning tools for client organizations to use in managing employees. More specifically, the organization formed an online education course for parents, a co-branded lifes.... Discover the Susan Cain popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Susan Cain books.
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The Secret Lives of Introverts
Jenn Granneman & Adrianne LeeAn introvert guide and manifesto for all the quiet onesand the people who love them.Is there a hidden part of you that no one else sees? Do you have a vivid inner world of thoughts...
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The Art of Stillness
Pico IyerA follow up to Pico Iyer’s essay “The Joy of Quiet,” The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we h...
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Bomb Shelter
Mary Laura PhilpottA New York Times Editors’ Choice One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year“A beautifully wrought ode to life…a precious gift to the world.” The Washington PostFrom the bestselling author...
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Taking the Work Out of Networking
Karen Wickre“For introverts who panic at the idea of networking, Wickre’s book is a deep, calming breath.” Sophia Dembling, author of The Introvert’s WayFormer Google executive, editorial dire...
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The OMG Effect
Rev. Chris LeeNOW AVAILABLE: Bitesized wisdom and inspirational advice to lift your spirits and help you live a fuller life from Instagram's answer to Fleabag's 'Hot Priest'. One minute could ...
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Little Wins
Paul Lindley'Read on, and rediscover how to live a fuller and more successful life' SIR RICHARD BRANSON, from the forewordThere are some 400 million people worldwide whose creativity, imaginat...
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Getting to Sorry
Marjorie Ingall & Susan McCarthy“I’m sorry, but Sorry, Sorry, Sorry means that you no longer have an excuse for delivering anything other than a pitchperfect apology. Ingall and McCarthy break down thorny questio...
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Find Your True Voice
Emmy BrunnerEmmy redefines trauma in a way that allows you to accept the things that have happened to you in your life, reflect on who they've made you become & guide you on how to unravel...
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The Way of a Pilgrim
Andrew Louth & Anna ZarankoBy the mercy of God I am a Christian, by my deeds a great sinner, by calling a homeless wanderer of the lowliest origins, roaming from place to place. Here, see my belongings: a ba...
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Quiet
Susan Cain#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introvertsand how introverts see themselvesby offering ...
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How to Know Everything
Elke Wiss & David DohertyThe international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships.WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS?In an increasingly po...
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You Are Awesome
Neil PasrichaINSTANT #1 BESTSELLERFrom Neil PasrichaNew York Times millioncopy bestselling author of The Book of Awesome series and The Happiness Equation, thought leader for the next generatio...
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Winning Not Fighting
John Vincent & Sifu Julian HitchWinning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business. ...
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Sensitive Is the New Strong
Anita MoorjaniThe New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me returns with “a gorgeous and powerful field guide to the empath living in today’s wild world” (Laura Berman, PhD, author of ...
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Aleister Crowley
Roger HutchinsonAleister Crowley (18751947) mystic, writer, poet, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, painter, mountain climber and social critic has a terrifying reputation. The contemporary pres...
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The Highly Sensitive Parent
Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.First, she taught you the value of your highly sensitive nature in her bestselling classic The Highly Sensitive Person. Now, Dr. Elaine Aron is back to teach you how to utiliz...
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High Conflict
Amanda RipleyWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”in our politics, at work, or at homeit’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over.That’s what “high co...
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The You Code
James Moore & Judi JamesDid you know that the way you eat your food will be sending subliminal messages out about your sexual habits? Or that the way you decorate your desk, could be helping your boss dec...
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Sorry for Your Trouble
Ann Marie HourihaneThe Irish do death differently.Funeral attendance is a solemn duty but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd control, creative parking solutions and a highen...
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The Gift of Intensity
Imi LoThis is a book about being successful, fulfilled and happy in a world in which you don't always feel you fit in. Many people are emotionally sensitive and intense and while these c...
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The Human Mind
Professor Lord Robert WinstonIt is the most complex and mysterious object in the universe. Covered by a dull grey membrane, it resembles a gigantic, convoluted fungus. Its inscrutability has captivated scienti...
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Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity
Imi LoNAVIGATE THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING INTENSELY.Do people sometimes describe you as emotionally intense or oversensitive? Do you often feel overwhelmed or anxious in the fact of a worl...
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Sprint
Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky & Braden KowitzFrom inside Google Ventures, a unique fiveday process for solving tough problems, proven at thousands of companies in mobile, ecommerce, healthcare, finance, and more.Entrepreneurs...
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Joe Royle The Autobiography
Joe RoyleFOREWORD BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON Joe Royle became the youngest player to play for Everton in February 1966 and went on to win six caps under Alf Ramsey and Don Revie. Injury for...
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Ruhe
Justin Zorn & Leigh MarzUnsere Welt ist lauter denn je. Und damit ist nicht nur der akustisch wahrnehmbare Lärm gemeint. Denn es gibt zwei weitere Formen des Lärms, die uns ständig umgeben: die Informatio...
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Quietly Confident
Kate JamesIn her role as a life coach and selfprofessed introvert, Kate James has heard hundreds of clients tell her the same story. They are smart, creative, motivated and engaged, but they...
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The Shyness Solution
Catherine GilletProven advice for dealing with shynessin any situation!Do you ever agonize over party invitations? Steer clear of acquaintances at the grocery store? Let everyone else drive the co...
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Shy and Mighty
Nadia FinerOur noisy world sometimes feels like it's not made for shy people. This ebook will help children understand shyness and find their inner voice.Shyness is often misunderstood. It's ...