{"id":1770,"date":"2019-12-04T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2019-11-23T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:26:12","slug":"book-quiet-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/04\/book-quiet-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Quiet (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quiet\"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/u><\/strong>
\nYear: 2012
\nAuthor: Susan Cain
\nLength: 639 minutes \/ 10.65 hours<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s taken me a long time to finally get around to reading this book, most of what Quiet<\/em> presented was what I had already known by living my life as an introvert. I will applaud this book\u2019s ability to help society realize how ubiquitous the introverts that comprise the population are. Quiet<\/em> also helps show what our needs are in this world that prizes the traits of extroversion over anything else. Even if there are many times where I have to put on my \u201cextrovert suit,\u201d it helps to know that there\u2019s nothing wrong with being an introvert.<\/p>\n

Perhaps my only qualm with this book is how anecdotal the evidence is. Whether it\u2019s stories about famous introverts (which can be inspiring) or younger introverts who are being brought up by parents who don\u2019t quite understand the strengths of the introvert type, Quiet<\/em> uses a lot of case studies to show how out of place introverts are, especially in the United States. I understand it can be challenging to study a personality type that\u2019s so broad, but a few more references to scientific studies would have been helpful.<\/p>\n

What struck me in Quiet<\/em> was the background it provided on why society evolved to value the extroverts and deem the introverts as \u201cproblems.\u201d I still see the effects of this emphasis today. Sure, I put up with being an introvert in an extrovert\u2019s world, and I have made adaptations in my life to survive and thrive in it. I can empathize with the introverts who cannot cope, though, and hopefully, this book can continue to help introverts claim this personality type and own it as I have over the years. Even if we\u2019re different from the perceived norm, we still provide value to a world that insists that louder is better.<\/p>\n

A great anthem for those introverts who feel out of place in a gregarious society, I give Quiet<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking Year: 2012 Author: Susan Cain Length: 639 minutes \/ 10.65 hours While it\u2019s taken me a long time to finally get around to reading this book, most of what Quiet presented was what I had already known by living my life as an introvert. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,54],"tags":[73,55,2118,2117,2115,8,2119,2116],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-0-stars","category-book","tag-73","tag-book","tag-extroverts","tag-introverts","tag-quiet","tag-review","tag-susan-cain","tag-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1772,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/1772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}