Susan Cain’s Quiet

i waited weeks and weeks for Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain to be published…and i was sorely disappointed.  it’s not that Cain doesn’t have important things to say.  and it’s not that she’s a bad writer.  still, the book could have used a bit more editorial direction.  it seemed like she couldn’t quite decide what sort of book she wanted to write–was it self-help?  was it for parents or people in business?  so i say skip the book and watch the YouTube video instead!

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here is the original essay on parenting an introverted child that made me want to read Susan Cain in the first place.

here’s the NY Times op-ed piece on what Cain calls the New Groupthink that had me chomping at the bit.

and here’s a link to Adam McHugh’s blog called Introverted Church.  the section in Cain’s book where she goes to church with McHugh is the best part of the whole book.  i read McHugh’s book on introverts in the church a few years ago and was disappointed.  do you see a trend here?  maybe my expectations are a bit high?