Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Ratings439
Average rating4
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
In many ways I consider this an important and deep book. Having battled with introversion and shyness for all my youth and having learned to accept these traits as fundamental to my personality while being extremely grateful of how my life turned out, it was very interesting how more complex things can be and to see clarified some concepts that were maybe already in rough form in my head. It was also fun to see how some things described in the book may apply to me or to people I know.
On the other hand, the book is pretty uneven. The author has a bias in proving her thesis that makes her analysis of cases a little unbalanced going deep on some concepts and barely mentioning others. Also, as a Silicon Valley resident, I strongly believe that she totally missed on the deep problematics of the Cupertino school system and that she only touched on the aspects of a very complex situation that were instrumental to her paradigm.
Finally, even though my kids are loud extroverts, I found the chapters and suggestions about parenthood, very helpful and well written.
