Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking By Cain, Susan Publisher : Crown Pub Published Date : 2012/01 Binding : Hardcover ISBN : 9780307352149 BookWeb Price : S$ 42.92 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 34.34 Availability Status : Available for order from suppliers. Usually dispatches within 3 weeks. Language : English

 
Author's Note                                      xi
Introduction: The North and South of Temperament   1  (18)
  PART ONE THE EXTROVERT IDEAL
    1 The Rise Of The "Mighty Likeable Fellow":    19 (15)
    How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal
    2 The Myth Of Charismatic Leadership: The      34 (37)
    Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years
    Later
    3 When Collaboration Kills Creativity: The     71 (26)
    Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of
    Working Alone
  PART TWO YOUR BIOLOGY, YOUR SELF?
    4 Is Temperament Destiny?: Nature, Nurture,    97 (18)
    and the Orchid Hypothesis
    5 Beyond Temperament: The Role of Free Will    115(15)
    (and the Secret of Public Speaking for
    Introverts)
    6 "Franklin Was A Politician, But Eleanor      130(25)
    Spoke Out Of Conscience": Why Cool Is
    Overrated
    7 Why Did Wall Street Crash And Warren         155(26)
    Buffett Prosper?: How Introverts and
    Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine)
    Differently
  PART THREE DO ALL CULTURES HAVE AN EXTROVERT
  IDEAL?
    8 Soft Power: Asian-Americans and the          181(24)
    Extrovert Ideal
  PART FOUR HOW TO LOVE, HOW TO WORK
    9 When Should You Act More Extroverted Than    205(19)
    You Really Are?
    10 The Communication Gap: How to Talk to       224(17)
    Members of the Opposite Type
    11 On Cobblers And Generals: How to            241(23)
    Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can't
    Hear Them
Conclusion: Wonderland                             264(3)
A Note on the Dedication                           267(2)
A Note on the Words Introvert and Extrovert        269(4)
Acknowledgments                                    273(4)
Notes                                              277(48)
Index                                              325