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The Power of Introverts | Susan Cain @TED #introvert

Susan Cain urged society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us. Now, with her new bestseller “Bittersweet,” she’s back to explore the surprising lessons sorrow and longing teach us about creativity, connection and love. Watch her full TED Talk:

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Susan Cain urged society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us. Now, with her new bestseller “Bittersweet,” she’s back to explore the surprising lessons sorrow and longing teach us about creativity, connection and love. Watch her full TED Talk:

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  1. @SwayzeOnYa12

    January 2, 2025 at 11:01 am

    My goodness I love Ted Talks.

  2. @johngrabowski9647

    January 2, 2025 at 11:04 am

    I’m a introvert and I can’t help it

  3. @TeamBooBear

    January 2, 2025 at 11:24 am

    one of the most impactful Ted talks ever! We were shown this a loooong time ago in class)) and I still think about it

  4. @sidewinder2057

    January 2, 2025 at 11:25 am

    I’ve read her book a while ago – Quiet. Must read for introverts

  5. @Monkey80llx

    January 2, 2025 at 11:48 am

    Be careful what ‘labels’ you put on those that you don’t understand and those that don’t understand themselves!

  6. @PhoebeFayRuthLouise

    January 2, 2025 at 12:16 pm

    Aha moment about the extrovert school system!

    • @angie_is_tired

      January 2, 2025 at 3:01 pm

      Right??? Kinda changes your outlook on the society and institutions we’re so used to … Realizing this has helped me see things more clearly without constantly having to ask myself what’s wrong with me.

  7. @TheProgaddict

    January 2, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    Her book Quiet is a must read, even if you’re not an introvert. I’m the “poster child” of an extravert but it helped me so much to understand people I love, and particulary my girlfriend, who are introverts…

    • @Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism

      January 2, 2025 at 12:49 pm

      Her stats are SO insanely off, ain’t no WAY I’m spending my time reading anything this lady writes.

    • @TheProgaddict

      January 2, 2025 at 1:00 pm

      @@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism I get what you’re saying, and the numbers she gives here seems pretty… suspect. Don’t know if it’s on purpose or an honnest error. But it doesn’t change the fact that reading her book helped me a lot to get why my gf was reacting so strongly to things that seemed so unimportant to me, to understand her fears…

    • @Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism

      January 2, 2025 at 1:06 pm

      @@TheProgaddict What do you mean? What does your GF do?

  8. @thetruther954

    January 2, 2025 at 8:54 pm

    My freaky behavior when alone, precludes extroversion. Very few people bridge the inner sanctum and see what I do.

  9. @Jesse-gr2xo

    January 3, 2025 at 1:13 am

    As my high school teacher would say, “Define your terms. Don’t over-simplify.” How does the speaker define introverts and extroverts? Maybe people are a combination of traits. And where do people get their information when they make over-simplifying generalizations about 1,000’s of people?

  10. @ruedigersonntag9315

    January 3, 2025 at 4:42 pm

    Yes, agree
    That’s why I often spent my time between wonderful Extroverts in
    Jamaica

  11. @ThePeopleVerse

    January 5, 2025 at 9:38 am

    That statistic sounds like BS to me. May as well say “We didn’t actually survey anyone BUT… Some or all or more than 1% but less than 100$ are”
    Really? A third to half?

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