There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

I first watched Susan Cain’s The Power of Introverts TED Talk a few years ago and have re-watched it many times since. It played a significant part in my acceptance of being an introvert and dealing with everything that entails. As a result, I was really looking forward to reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.

Quiet is an in-depth look at how society undervalues introverts. Cain argues that introverts are necessary and should be encouraged instead of being forced into activities and rolls that are geared towards extroverts. Combining facts, statistics and case studies Cain shows that people can be successful in their own field because of their introversion and not in spite of it.

I liked the book and would recommend it to introverts as well as extroverts, but I didn’t find it as engaging as Cain’s TED Talk. I found the writing a bit too dense. There is so much information in these pages that some of it could easily get lost, which is a shame because it’s an important read.

Quiet is definitely a book to savour. I needed time to digest the information in each chapter and reflect on it.

Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.

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