Our society is geared towards extroverts: Focus on group work is increasing, more and more companies are adopting open-plan offices, and self-promotion is essential for career advancement. Introverts are labeled as loners and are often dramatically undervalued.
Yet at least one-third of all people are introverts.
Susan Cain, in her New York Times bestseller, shows how important it is to understand introverts and give them a proper place in society. Introverts like Darwin, Einstein, Gandhi, Chopin, van Gogh, Rosa Parks have made great contributions to society.
The book helps extroverts understand why introverts are the way they are, what positive and helpful qualities they have, and when to listen to them.
And it helps introverts (like most of us programmers are) understand themselves (and their own contradictions) as well as a world dominated by extroverts, accept their traits and use them to their advantage.
🎧 Suitable as an audiobook? Yes, but I’ve read the printed version and therefore cannot judge the audiobook edition.
To go with the book, I recommend Susan Cain’s TED Talk “The power of introverts.”
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