"Quiet"

Introvert vs. Extrovert Conversation (YouTube video)


Hans Eysenck, a German psychologist, described extroversion-
introversion (外向性与内向性) as the degree to which a person is
outgoing and interactive with other people.

Extroverts tend to enjoy human interactions and to be talkative,
energetic, ambitious and sociable, while introverts, who are often
labeled as "quiet", prefer listening to speaking, innovate and create
but dislike self-promotion.

Our culture emphasizes group work from elementary school through
the business world, and everything seems geared toward extroverts.

"Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know.
(知者不言，言者不知)” by Lao Tzu does not apply well to today's
society.

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease", or “會哭的小孩有糖吃”.

Now, there is a spokesperson for the introverts.



In her book, “Quiet”, Susan Cain introduces the power of introverts
in a world that can’t stop talking. "Quiet" shows how amazingly we
undervalue introverts. She noticed that it was to introverts that we
owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh’s
sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer.

Cain seeks to find ways for introverts (over one-third of us are, as
I have witnessed throughout my life), to understand their own
contradictions, such as the ability to act like extroverts in certain
situations.

Yeh Tze