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In our culture, guilt is a tainted word, but it’s probably one of the building blocks of conscience.

Guilt, Conscience, Morality, Human Emotions, Cultural Perceptions

In our culture guilt is a tainted word but it’s

In our culture guilt is a tainted word but it’s

In our culture guilt is a tainted word but it’s

Susan Cain’s Quotes On Topics

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“Participants in brainstorming sessions usually believe that their group performed much better than it actually did, which points to a valuable reason for their continued popularity – group brainstorming makes people feel attached. A worthy goal, so long as we understand that social glue, as opposed to creativity, is the principal benefit.”

Brainstorming Sessions, Group Performance, Social Attachment, Creativity Versus Connection, Group Dynamics

“Kuhnen and Brian Knutson have found that men who are shown erotic pictures just before they gamble take more risks than those shown neutral images like desks and chairs. This is because anticipating rewards – any rewards, whether or not related to the subject at hand – excites our dopamine-driven reward networks and makes us act more rashly.”

Risk-taking Behavior, Gambling, Reward Anticipation, Dopamine Response, Emotional Triggers

“That’s because top performers overwhelmingly worked for companies that gave their workers the most privacy, personal space, control over their physical environments, and freedom from interruption. Sixty-two percent of the best performers said that their workspace was acceptably private, compared to only 19 percent of the worst performers; 76 percent of the worst performers but only 38 percent of the top performers said that people often interrupted them needlessly.”

Top Performers, Workplace Environment, Privacy, Personal Space, Productivity

“Outstanding introverted leaders, such as Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Patrick White and Arthur Boyd, who have created either new fields of thought or rearranged existing knowledge, have spent long periods of their lives in solitude.”

Introverted Leaders, Historical Figures, Solitude, Intellectual Contributions, Personal Achievements

“In this chapter I focused on the dopamine-driven reward system and its role in delivering life’s goodies. But there’s a mirror-image brain network, often called the loss avoidance system, whose job it is to call our attention to risk. If the reward network chases shiny fruit, the loss avoidance system worries about bad apples.”

Dopamine System, Reward And Risk, Brain Networks, Loss Avoidance, Attention To Risk

“A software engineer named Tom kicks off, describing with great passion his relief at learning that there was a physiological basis for the trait of sensitivity. Here’s the research! This is how I am! I don’t have to try to meet anyone’s expectations anymore.”

Sensitivity, Personal Recognition, Software Engineer, Physiological Basis, Self-acceptance

“What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same. If you went back to your reunion from school, you would probably find that if you ranked everyone in your class into terms of levels of introversion and extroversion you'd still be the same rank.”

Introversion, Extroversion, Constancy, School Reunion, Personality

“Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole.”

Introverts, Personal Discovery, Solitude, Imagination, Metaphorical Journey

“Why are some people talkative while others measure their words? Why.”

Communication Styles, Talkativeness, Personality Differences, Social Behavior, Individual Traits

“If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race.”

Slow And Steady, Personal Pace, Societal Pressure, Self-acceptance, Individual Preferences

“Since then, some forty years of research has reached the same startling conclusion. Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases: groups of nine generate fewer and poorer ideas compared to groups of six, which do worse than groups of four. The “evidence from science suggests that business people must be insane to use brainstorming groups,” writes the organizational psychologist Adrian Furnham.”

Group Performance, Brainstorming, Research Findings, Adrian Furnham, Productivity

“Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn’t soothe anger; it fuels it.”

Venting Anger, Psychological Studies, Emotional Management, Coping Mechanisms, Behavioral Insights

“Describing Asians as a “model minority” – even when meant as a compliment – is just as confining and condescending as any description that reduces individuals to a set of perceived group characteristics.”

Model Minority, Cultural Stereotypes, Individual Identity, Condescension, Group Characteristics

“Don is “a bitter introvert,” as he cheerfully puts it – bitter because the more time he spends at HBS, the more convinced he becomes that he’d better change his ways.”

Bitter Introvert, Personal Change, HBS Experience, Self-reflection, Social Adaptation

“The “catharsis hypothesis” – that aggression builds up inside us until it’s healthily released – dates back to the Greeks, was revived by Freud, and gained steam during the “let it all hang out” 1960s of punching bags and primal screams. But the catharsis hypothesis is a myth – a plausible one, an elegant one, but a myth nonetheless. Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn’t soothe anger; it fuels it.”

Catharsis Hypothesis, Aggression, Psychological Theories, Emotional Release, Myths In Psychology

“The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.”

Introversion Bias, Talent Waste, Energy Depletion, Societal Perceptions, Happiness

“In fact, the very thing that many high-reactives hate most about blushing – its uncontrollability – is what makes it so socially useful. “Because it is impossible to control the blush intentionally,” Dijk speculates, blushing is an authentic sign of embarrassment. And embarrassment, according to Keltner, is a moral emotion. It shows humility, modesty, and a desire to avoid aggression and make peace.”

Blushing, Embarrassment, Social Cues, Emotions, Humility

“All of which raises the question, how did we go from Character to Personality without realizing that we had sacrificed something meaningful along the way?”

Character, Personality, Meaningfulness, Self-awareness, Societal Change

“If you’re a sensitive sort, then you may be in the habit of pretending to be more of a politician and less cautious or single-mindedly focused than you actually are. But in this chapter I’m asking you to rethink this view. Without people like you, we will, quite literally, drown.”

Sensitive Individuals, Political Facade, Cautious Mindset, Rethinking Views, Importance Of Diversity

“For many introverts like David, adolescence is the great stumbling place, the dark and tangled thicket of low self-esteem and social unease. In middle and high school, the main currency is vivacity and gregariousness; attributes like depth and sensitivity don’t count for much.”

Adolescence, Introversion, Self-esteem, Social Challenges, School Dynamics