TED2012
Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Susan Cain: Moč introvertiranih ljudi
Filmed:
Readability: 3.8
25,516,646 views
V kulturi, v kateri sta družabnost in odprtost cenjeni bolj kot vse drugo, je včasih težko, celo sramotno biti vase zaprt (introvertiran). Vendar, kot v tem govoru vneto trdi Susan Cain, vase zaprti ljudje svetu prinašajo izredne talente in sposobnosti in bi jih bilo treba pri tem spodbujati ter spoštovati.
Susan Cain - Quiet revolutionary
Our world prizes extroverts—but Susan Cain makes a case for the quiet and contemplative. She reaches millions of people through her books, podcasts and her mission-based organization, Quiet Revolution, which empowers introverts for the benefit of everyone. Full bio
Our world prizes extroverts—but Susan Cain makes a case for the quiet and contemplative. She reaches millions of people through her books, podcasts and her mission-based organization, Quiet Revolution, which empowers introverts for the benefit of everyone. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
00:15
When I was nine years old
0
0
2000
Ko sem bila stara devet let,
00:17
I went off to summer camp for the first time.
1
2000
2000
sem prvič šla na poletni tabor.
00:19
And my mother packed me a suitcase
2
4000
2000
Mama mi je pripravila poln kovček
00:21
full of books,
3
6000
2000
knjig,
00:23
which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do.
4
8000
2000
kar se je meni zdelo povsem normalno.
00:25
Because in my family,
5
10000
2000
Kajti v moji družini
00:27
reading was the primary group activity.
6
12000
3000
je bilo branje glavna skupinska dejavnost.
00:30
And this might sound antisocial to you,
7
15000
2000
To se vam morda zdi nedružabno,
00:32
but for us it was really just a different way of being social.
8
17000
3000
ampak za nas je bilo res samo drugačna oblika družabnosti.
00:35
You have the animal warmth of your family
9
20000
2000
Hkrati smo ob sebi imeli živalsko toplino družine,
00:37
sitting right next to you,
10
22000
2000
ki je sedela v bližini,
00:39
but you are also free to go roaming around the adventureland
11
24000
2000
bili pa smo tudi svobodni pri svojem raziskovanju dežele avantur
00:41
inside your own mind.
12
26000
2000
v lastni glavi.
00:43
And I had this idea
13
28000
2000
Zdelo se mi je,
00:45
that camp was going to be just like this, but better.
14
30000
2000
da bo tabor ravno tak, samo še boljši.
00:47
(Laughter)
15
32000
3000
(smeh)
00:50
I had a vision of 10 girls sitting in a cabin
16
35000
3000
Predstavljala sem si deset deklet, ki sedijo v koči,
00:53
cozily reading books in their matching nightgowns.
17
38000
2000
oblečena v ujemajoče spalne srajce, in berejo.
00:55
(Laughter)
18
40000
2000
(smeh)
00:57
Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol.
19
42000
3000
Tabor je bolj spominjal na pijančevanje brez alkohola.
01:00
And on the very first day
20
45000
3000
Prvi dan
01:03
our counselor gathered us all together
21
48000
2000
nas je voditeljica zbrala skupaj
01:05
and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing
22
50000
2000
in nas naučila vzklik, ki naj bi ga po njenem ponavljali
01:07
every day for the rest of the summer
23
52000
2000
vsak dan do konca poletja,
01:09
to instill camp spirit.
24
54000
2000
da bi vzpostavili tabornega duha.
01:11
And it went like this:
25
56000
2000
Šel pa je takole:
01:13
"R-O-W-D-I-E,
26
58000
2000
"R-A-Z-G-R-A-J-A-V-K-E
01:15
that's the way we spell rowdie.
27
60000
2000
tako se piše razgrajavke.
01:17
Rowdie, rowdie, let's get rowdie."
28
62000
3000
Razgra, razgra, razgrajavke!
01:22
Yeah.
29
67000
2000
Ja pa ja.
01:24
So I couldn't figure out for the life of me
30
69000
2000
Pri najboljši volji nisem mogla razumeti,
01:26
why we were supposed to be so rowdy,
31
71000
2000
zakaj naj bi bile razgrajalke
01:28
or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.
32
73000
3000
in zakaj naj bi to morale celo narobe črkovati.
01:31
(Laughter)
33
76000
6000
(smeh)
01:37
But I recited a cheer. I recited a cheer along with everybody else.
34
82000
3000
Ampak vzklikala sem. Skupaj z vsemi drugimi.
01:40
I did my best.
35
85000
2000
Trudila sem se po najboljših močeh.
01:42
And I just waited for the time
36
87000
2000
In samo čakala sem na čas,
01:44
that I could go off and read my books.
37
89000
3000
ko bi lahko šla brat svoje knjige.
01:47
But the first time that I took my book out of my suitcase,
38
92000
2000
Prvič, ko sem iz kovčka vzela knjigo,
01:49
the coolest girl in the bunk came up to me
39
94000
2000
je k meni prišla najbolj kul punca
01:51
and she asked me, "Why are you being so mellow?" --
40
96000
3000
in me vprašala: "Zakaj si tako mehkužna?"
01:54
mellow, of course, being the exact opposite
41
99000
2000
Pri tem je bila mehkužnost čisto nasprotje
01:56
of R-O-W-D-I-E.
42
101000
2000
R-A-Z-G-R-A-J-A-V-K-E.
01:58
And then the second time I tried it,
43
103000
2000
In ko sem poskusila drugič,
02:00
the counselor came up to me with a concerned expression on her face
44
105000
3000
je voditeljica prišla vsa zaskrbljena
02:03
and she repeated the point about camp spirit
45
108000
2000
ter ponovila stališče o tabornem duhu
02:05
and said we should all work very hard
46
110000
2000
in poudarila, da se moramo vsi zelo truditi,
02:07
to be outgoing.
47
112000
2000
da bi bili družabni.
02:09
And so I put my books away,
48
114000
3000
Odložila sem knjige,
02:12
back in their suitcase,
49
117000
3000
dala sem jih nazaj v kovček
02:15
and I put them under my bed,
50
120000
4000
in pod posteljo,
02:19
and there they stayed for the rest of the summer.
51
124000
2000
kjer so ostale do konca poletja.
02:21
And I felt kind of guilty about this.
52
126000
2000
Počutila sem se nekako krivo,
02:23
I felt as if the books needed me somehow,
53
128000
2000
zdelo se mi je, da me knjige potrebujejo,
02:25
and they were calling out to me and I was forsaking them.
54
130000
3000
da me kličejo, jaz pa se jim odrekam.
02:28
But I did forsake them and I didn't open that suitcase again
55
133000
2000
Ampak odrekla sem se jim in kovčka nisem odprla,
02:30
until I was back home with my family
56
135000
2000
dokler se nisem konec poletja
02:32
at the end of the summer.
57
137000
2000
vrnila domov k družini.
02:34
Now, I tell you this story about summer camp.
58
139000
3000
Tole je bila zgodba o poletnem taboru.
02:37
I could have told you 50 others just like it --
59
142000
3000
Lahko bi vam povedala še 50 podobnih -
02:40
all the times that I got the message
60
145000
2000
vsakič, ko sem dobila sporočilo,
02:42
that somehow my quiet and introverted style of being
61
147000
4000
da moj tihi in vase zaprti pristop k življenju
02:46
was not necessarily the right way to go,
62
151000
2000
ni nujno pravi,
02:48
that I should be trying to pass as more of an extrovert.
63
153000
3000
in da bi se morala delati, da sem bolj družabna.
02:51
And I always sensed deep down that this was wrong
64
156000
3000
Globoko v sebi sem vedno čutila, da je to narobe
02:54
and that introverts were pretty excellent just as they were.
65
159000
2000
in da so vase zaprti ljudje precej odlični prav taki, kot so.
02:56
But for years I denied this intuition,
66
161000
3000
Vendar sem to zavedanje leta zanikala
02:59
and so I became a Wall Street lawyer, of all things,
67
164000
3000
in postala sem celo pravnica na Wall Streetu,
03:02
instead of the writer that I had always longed to be --
68
167000
3000
namesto da bi bila pisateljica, kar sem si vedno želela...
03:05
partly because I needed to prove to myself
69
170000
2000
deloma zato, ker sem sebi morala dokazati,
03:07
that I could be bold and assertive too.
70
172000
2000
da sem lahko tudi pogumna in samozavestna.
03:09
And I was always going off to crowded bars
71
174000
2000
In vedno sem hodila v prenatrpane bare,
03:11
when I really would have preferred to just have a nice dinner with friends.
72
176000
3000
ko bi v resnici raje šla na prijetno večerjo s prijatelji.
03:14
And I made these self-negating choices
73
179000
3000
Skozi te izbire sem samo sebe zanikala
03:17
so reflexively,
74
182000
2000
tako avtomatsko,
03:19
that I wasn't even aware that I was making them.
75
184000
3000
da se nisem zavedala, da to počnem.
03:22
Now this is what many introverts do,
76
187000
2000
To dela veliko vase zaprtih ljudi
03:24
and it's our loss for sure,
77
189000
2000
in pri tem mnogo izgubljamo,
03:26
but it is also our colleagues' loss
78
191000
2000
izgubljajo pa tudi naši kolegi
03:28
and our communities' loss.
79
193000
2000
in naše skupnosti.
03:30
And at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world's loss.
80
195000
3000
In čeprav bo zvenelo velikopotezno, izgublja ves svet.
03:33
Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership,
81
198000
3000
Kajti ko govorimo o kreativnosti in vodenju,
03:36
we need introverts doing what they do best.
82
201000
3000
potrebujemo introvertirane ljudi, naj počnejo tisto, v čemer so najboljši.
03:39
A third to a half of the population are introverts --
83
204000
2000
Tretjina do polovica ljudi je introvertiranih...
03:41
a third to a half.
84
206000
2000
tretjina do polovica.
03:43
So that's one out of every two or three people you know.
85
208000
3000
To je eden izmed vsakih dveh ali treh ljudi, ki jih poznate.
03:46
So even if you're an extrovert yourself,
86
211000
3000
Tudi če ste sami odprt človek,
03:49
I'm talking about your coworkers
87
214000
2000
govorim o vaših kolegih,
03:51
and your spouses and your children
88
216000
2000
vaših partnerjih in otrocih
03:53
and the person sitting next to you right now --
89
218000
3000
in o osebi, ki sedaj sedi poleg vas...
03:56
all of them subject to this bias
90
221000
2000
vsi so žrtve tega predsodka,
03:58
that is pretty deep and real in our society.
91
223000
2000
ki je precej realen in globoko zakoreninjen v našo družbo.
04:00
We all internalize it from a very early age
92
225000
3000
Ponotranjimo ga že v otroštvu,
04:03
without even having a language for what we're doing.
93
228000
3000
ne da bi imeli jezik za to, kar počnemo.
04:06
Now to see the bias clearly
94
231000
2000
Da bi ta predsodek jasno videli,
04:08
you need to understand what introversion is.
95
233000
3000
je treba razumeti, kaj je introvertiranost.
04:11
It's different from being shy.
96
236000
2000
Ni enaka sramežljivosti.
04:13
Shyness is about fear of social judgment.
97
238000
2000
Sramežljivost je povezana s strahom pred mnenjem družbe.
04:15
Introversion is more about,
98
240000
2000
Zaprtost vase je bolj povezana s tem,
04:17
how do you respond to stimulation,
99
242000
2000
kako se odzivate na stimulacije,
04:19
including social stimulation.
100
244000
2000
vključno s socialnimi stimulacijami.
04:21
So extroverts really crave large amounts of stimulation,
101
246000
3000
Ekstravertirani ljudje iščejo veliko stimulacije,
04:24
whereas introverts feel at their most alive
102
249000
2000
introvertirani pa so najbolj "živi"
04:26
and their most switched-on and their most capable
103
251000
2000
in najbolj dejavni ter sposobni,
04:28
when they're in quieter, more low-key environments.
104
253000
2000
ko so v tihih, manj opaznih okoljih.
04:30
Not all the time -- these things aren't absolute --
105
255000
2000
Ne vedno - te stvari niso absolutne -
04:32
but a lot of the time.
106
257000
2000
ampak veliko časa.
04:34
So the key then
107
259000
2000
Bistvo je torej v tem,
04:36
to maximizing our talents
108
261000
3000
da bomo svoje talente maksimalno izrabili,
04:39
is for us all to put ourselves
109
264000
2000
če se postavimo
04:41
in the zone of stimulation that is right for us.
110
266000
3000
v območje prave stimulacije.
04:44
But now here's where the bias comes in.
111
269000
2000
Tu pa se pojavi predsodek.
04:46
Our most important institutions,
112
271000
2000
Naše najpomembnejše institucije,
04:48
our schools and our workplaces,
113
273000
2000
šole in delovna mesta,
04:50
they are designed mostly for extroverts
114
275000
2000
so narejene predvsem za ekstravertirane ljudi
04:52
and for extroverts' need for lots of stimulation.
115
277000
3000
ter za njihovo potrebo po veliko stimulacije.
04:55
And also we have this belief system right now
116
280000
4000
Trenutno smo tudi pod vplivom prepričanja,
04:59
that I call the new groupthink,
117
284000
2000
ki ga imenujem novo skupinsko mišljenje,
05:01
which holds that all creativity and all productivity
118
286000
3000
ki trdi, da vsa ustvarjalnost in produktivnost
05:04
comes from a very oddly gregarious place.
119
289000
4000
izhajata iz čudno družabnega okolja.
05:09
So if you picture the typical classroom nowadays:
120
294000
2000
Predstavljajte si tipičen razred:
05:11
When I was going to school,
121
296000
2000
Ko sem hodila v šolo,
05:13
we sat in rows.
122
298000
2000
smo sedeli v vrstah.
05:15
We sat in rows of desks like this,
123
300000
2000
Sedeli smo v takih vrstah klopi
05:17
and we did most of our work pretty autonomously.
124
302000
2000
in večino dela opravili precej samostojno.
05:19
But nowadays, your typical classroom
125
304000
2000
Dandanes pa ima tipična učilnica
05:21
has pods of desks --
126
306000
2000
skupine klopi...
05:23
four or five or six or seven kids all facing each other.
127
308000
3000
štirje, pet, šest ali sedem otrok drug poleg drugega.
05:26
And kids are working in countless group assignments.
128
311000
2000
In otroci se ukvarjajo z neštetimi skupinskimi nalogami.
05:28
Even in subjects like math and creative writing,
129
313000
3000
Celo pri matematiki in kreativnem pisanju,
05:31
which you think would depend on solo flights of thought,
130
316000
3000
za katera bi človek dejal, da sta odvisna od samostojnega toka misli,
05:34
kids are now expected to act as committee members.
131
319000
4000
naj bi otroci zdaj delovali kot člani odbora.
05:38
And for the kids who prefer
132
323000
2000
Kar se pa tiče otrok, ki raje
05:40
to go off by themselves or just to work alone,
133
325000
2000
raziskujejo ali delajo sami,
05:42
those kids are seen as outliers often
134
327000
2000
te pogosto smatramo za odpadnike
05:44
or, worse, as problem cases.
135
329000
2000
ali še huje, težavne primere.
05:48
And the vast majority of teachers reports believing
136
333000
3000
In velika večina učiteljev pravi, da verjamejo,
05:51
that the ideal student is an extrovert
137
336000
2000
da je idealni učenec ekstravertiran,
05:53
as opposed to an introvert,
138
338000
2000
ne pa introvertiran,
05:55
even though introverts actually get better grades
139
340000
2000
čeprav slednji dejansko dobijo boljše ocene
05:57
and are more knowledgeable,
140
342000
2000
in vedo več,
05:59
according to research.
141
344000
2000
vsaj če sledimo rezultatom raziskav.
06:01
(Laughter)
142
346000
2000
(smeh)
06:03
Okay, same thing is true in our workplaces.
143
348000
3000
V redu, enako velja za delovna mesta.
06:06
Now, most of us work in open plan offices,
144
351000
3000
Večina nas dela v odprtih pisarnah,
06:09
without walls,
145
354000
2000
brez zidov,
06:11
where we are subject
146
356000
2000
kjer smo stalno podvrženi
06:13
to the constant noise and gaze of our coworkers.
147
358000
2000
pogledom in hrupu s strani sodelavcev.
06:15
And when it comes to leadership,
148
360000
2000
Ko govorimo o vodenju,
06:17
introverts are routinely passed over for leadership positions,
149
362000
2000
se pri vodstvenih položajih vase zaprte ljudi rutinsko preskoči,
06:19
even though introverts tend to be very careful,
150
364000
2000
čeprav so ponavadi zelo previdni,
06:21
much less likely to take outsize risks --
151
366000
2000
bodo manj verjetno pretirano tvegali...
06:23
which is something we might all favor nowadays.
152
368000
4000
kar je nekaj, čemur smo dandanes morda vsi naklonjeni.
06:27
And interesting research by Adam Grant at the Wharton School
153
372000
3000
Zanimiva raziskava, ki jo je opravil Adam Grant z Wharton School,
06:30
has found that introverted leaders
154
375000
2000
je pokazala, da introvertirani ljudje na vodstvenih položajih
06:32
often deliver better outcomes than extroverts do,
155
377000
2000
pogosto pridejo do boljših rezultatov kot ekstravertirani ljudje,
06:34
because when they are managing proactive employees,
156
379000
3000
saj ko nadzirajo proaktivne uslužbence,
06:37
they're much more likely to let those employees run with their ideas,
157
382000
3000
tem veliko verjetneje pustijo, da uresničijo svoje zamisli,
06:40
whereas an extrovert can, quite unwittingly,
158
385000
2000
medtem ko se tisti bolj ekstravertirani lahko, ne da bi se zavedali,
06:42
get so excited about things
159
387000
2000
pri zadevah tako vznemirijo,
06:44
that they're putting their own stamp on things,
160
389000
2000
da jim dajo svoj pečat,
06:46
and other people's ideas might not as easily then
161
391000
2000
zaradi česar zamisli drugih ljudi težje
06:48
bubble up to the surface.
162
393000
3000
pridejo do izraza.
06:51
Now in fact, some of our transformative leaders in history have been introverts.
163
396000
3000
Nekaj največjih vodij v zgodovini je dejansko bilo introvertiranih.
06:54
I'll give you some examples.
164
399000
2000
Naj vam dam nekaj primerov.
06:56
Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi --
165
401000
3000
Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandi...
06:59
all these peopled described themselves
166
404000
2000
vsi ti so sebe označevali
07:01
as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy.
167
406000
3000
za tihe, prijazne, celo sramežljive.
07:04
And they all took the spotlight,
168
409000
2000
A vseeno so prišli v ospredje,
07:06
even though every bone in their bodies
169
411000
2000
čeprav jim je vsaka celica v telesu
07:08
was telling them not to.
170
413000
3000
govorila, naj tega ne napravijo.
07:11
And this turns out to have a special power all its own,
171
416000
2000
Izkaže se, da ima to smo po sebi neko posebno moč,
07:13
because people could feel that these leaders were at the helm,
172
418000
3000
saj so ljudje čutili, da so ti ljudje vodili,
07:16
not because they enjoyed directing others
173
421000
2000
ne zato ker bi uživali v usmerjanju drugih,
07:18
and not out of the pleasure of being looked at;
174
423000
2000
in ne zaradi užitka, ker so jih drugi gledali;
07:20
they were there because they had no choice,
175
425000
2000
tam so bili, ker niso imeli izbire,
07:22
because they were driven to do what they thought was right.
176
427000
3000
ker so morali narediti tisto, kar so mislili, da je prav.
07:26
Now I think at this point it's important for me to say
177
431000
3000
No, na tej točki moram povedati,
07:29
that I actually love extroverts.
178
434000
3000
da imam zelo rada ekstravertirane ljudi.
07:32
I always like to say some of my best friends are extroverts,
179
437000
3000
Vedno povem, da je med njimi nekaj mojih najboljših prijateljev,
07:35
including my beloved husband.
180
440000
2000
vključno z mojim ljubljenim možem.
07:39
And we all fall at different points, of course,
181
444000
2000
In seveda vsak od nas pristane na drugi točki
07:41
along the introvert/extrovert spectrum.
182
446000
3000
med skrajno vase zaprtim in skrajno družabnim človekom.
07:44
Even Carl Jung, the psychologist who first popularized these terms, said
183
449000
3000
Celo Carl Jung, psiholog, ki je prvi populariziral te pojme,
07:47
that there's no such thing as a pure introvert
184
452000
2000
je dejal, da ne obstaja čisto vase zaprt človek
07:49
or a pure extrovert.
185
454000
2000
niti čisto družaben človek.
07:51
He said that such a man would be in a lunatic asylum,
186
456000
2000
Dejal bi, da bi bil tak človek v norišnici,
07:53
if he existed at all.
187
458000
3000
če bi sploh obstajal.
07:56
And some people fall smack in the middle
188
461000
2000
In nekateri padejo točno v sredino
07:58
of the introvert/extrovert spectrum,
189
463000
2000
spektra med introvertiranostjo in ekstrovertiranostjo,
08:00
and we call these people ambiverts.
190
465000
2000
imenujemo jih ambivertirani ljudje.
08:02
And I often think that they have the best of all worlds.
191
467000
3000
Pogosto mislim, da imajo najboljše iz obeh svetov.
08:06
But many of us do recognize ourselves as one type or the other.
192
471000
3000
Veliko pa se nas prepozna kot eden ali drugi tip.
08:09
And what I'm saying is that culturally we need a much better balance.
193
474000
3000
Kar pravim, je, da kulturno gledano potrebujemo boljše ravnotežje.
08:12
We need more of a yin and yang
194
477000
2000
Potrebujemo več jina in janga
08:14
between these two types.
195
479000
2000
med tema dvema tipoma.
08:16
This is especially important
196
481000
2000
To je posebej pomembno
08:18
when it comes to creativity and to productivity,
197
483000
2000
pri ustvarjalnosti in produktivnosti,
08:20
because when psychologists look
198
485000
2000
kajti ko psihologi pogledajo
08:22
at the lives of the most creative people,
199
487000
2000
življenja najbolj ustvarjalnih ljudi,
08:24
what they find
200
489000
2000
ugotovijo, da obstajajo
08:26
are people who are very good at exchanging ideas
201
491000
2000
ljudje, ki so dobri pri izmenjavi zamisli
08:28
and advancing ideas,
202
493000
2000
in njihovem razvoju,
08:30
but who also have a serious streak of introversion in them.
203
495000
3000
v sebi pa nosijo tudi pomemben del introvertiranosti.
08:33
And this is because solitude is a crucial ingredient often
204
498000
2000
To je zato, ker je samost pogosto ključna
08:35
to creativity.
205
500000
2000
za ustvarjalnost.
08:37
So Darwin,
206
502000
2000
Darwin je na primer
08:39
he took long walks alone in the woods
207
504000
2000
hodil na dolge samotne sprehode po gozdu
08:41
and emphatically turned down dinner party invitations.
208
506000
3000
in je prijazno zavračal vabila na večerje.
08:44
Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss,
209
509000
3000
Theodor Geisel, bolj znan kot dr. Seuss,
08:47
he dreamed up many of his amazing creations
210
512000
2000
je veliko svojih čudovitih dosežkov dosanjal
08:49
in a lonely bell tower office that he had
211
514000
2000
v samotnem stolpu - pisarni
08:51
in the back of his house in La Jolla, California.
212
516000
3000
za svojo hišo v La Jolli v Kaliforniji.
08:54
And he was actually afraid to meet
213
519000
2000
V resnici se je bal srečati
08:56
the young children who read his books
214
521000
2000
majhne otroke, ki so brali njegove knjige,
08:58
for fear that they were expecting him
215
523000
2000
saj se je bal, da bodo pričakovali,
09:00
this kind of jolly Santa Claus-like figure
216
525000
2000
da bo tudi sam vesel kot kak Božiček,
09:02
and would be disappointed with his more reserved persona.
217
527000
4000
in da bodo razočarani z njegovo zadržano osebnostjo.
09:06
Steve Wozniak invented the first Apple computer
218
531000
2000
Steve Wozniak je izumil prvi Apple računalnik,
09:08
sitting alone in his cubical
219
533000
2000
ko je sam sedel v svojem delu pisarne
09:10
in Hewlett-Packard where he was working at the time.
220
535000
2000
v podjetju Hewlett-Packard, kjer je tedaj delal.
09:12
And he says that he never would have become such an expert in the first place
221
537000
3000
Pravi, da nikoli ne bi postal tak strokovnjak,
09:15
had he not been too introverted to leave the house
222
540000
3000
če ne bi bil tako vase zaprt, da sploh ni šel iz hiše,
09:18
when he was growing up.
223
543000
2000
ko je odraščal.
09:20
Now of course,
224
545000
3000
Seveda to ne pomeni,
09:23
this does not mean that we should all stop collaborating --
225
548000
3000
da bi vsi morali nehati sodelovati...
09:26
and case in point, is Steve Wozniak famously coming together with Steve Jobs
226
551000
3000
Steve Wozniak je dokaz, saj je stopil skupaj s Stevom Jobsom
09:29
to start Apple Computer --
227
554000
3000
in sta ustvarila Apple Computer...
09:32
but it does mean that solitude matters
228
557000
3000
pomeni pa, da je samota pomembna
09:35
and that for some people
229
560000
2000
in da je za nekatere ljudi
09:37
it is the air that they breathe.
230
562000
2000
kot zrak, ki ga dihajo.
09:39
And in fact, we have known for centuries
231
564000
3000
In dejansko že stoletje poznamo
09:42
about the transcendent power of solitude.
232
567000
3000
transcendentalno moč samote.
09:45
It's only recently that we've strangely begun to forget it.
233
570000
3000
Šele nedavno smo jo nekako začeli pozabljati.
09:48
If you look at most of the world's major religions,
234
573000
3000
Če pogledate večino največjih svetovnih verstev,
09:51
you will find seekers --
235
576000
2000
boste našli iskalce...
09:53
Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad --
236
578000
3000
Mojzes, Jezus, Buda, Mohamed...
09:56
seekers who are going off by themselves
237
581000
2000
iskalce, ki so sami
09:58
alone to the wilderness
238
583000
2000
odšli v divjino,
10:00
where they then have profound epiphanies and revelations
239
585000
2000
kjer so našli globoka razkritja in razodetja
10:02
that they then bring back to the rest of the community.
240
587000
3000
ter jih prinesli v preostalo skupnost.
10:05
So no wilderness, no revelations.
241
590000
4000
Torej: brez divjine ni razodetja.
10:09
This is no surprise though
242
594000
2000
To sploh ni presenetljivo,
10:11
if you look at the insights of contemporary psychology.
243
596000
3000
če pomislite na odkritja sodobne psihologije.
10:14
It turns out that we can't even be in a group of people
244
599000
3000
Izkaže se, da ne moremo niti biti v skupini ljudi,
10:17
without instinctively mirroring, mimicking their opinions.
245
602000
3000
ne da bi instinktivno oponašali njihova mnenja.
10:20
Even about seemingly personal and visceral things
246
605000
2000
Celo o na videz osebnih in globokih stvareh,
10:22
like who you're attracted to,
247
607000
2000
denimo o tem, kdo nam je všeč,
10:24
you will start aping the beliefs of the people around you
248
609000
3000
začnemo oponašati prepričanja ljudi okoli nas,
10:27
without even realizing that that's what you're doing.
249
612000
2000
ne da bi se tega sploh zavedali.
10:29
And groups famously follow the opinions
250
614000
3000
In znano je, da skupine sledijo mnenju
10:32
of the most dominant or charismatic person in the room,
251
617000
2000
najbolj dominantne ali karizmatične osebe v prostoru,
10:34
even though there's zero correlation
252
619000
2000
čeprav med tem, kdo je najboljši govorec
10:36
between being the best talker and having the best ideas --
253
621000
3000
in kdo ima najboljše ideje, ni nikakršne korelacije.
10:39
I mean zero.
254
624000
2000
Prav nikakršne.
10:41
So ...
255
626000
2000
Torej...
10:43
(Laughter)
256
628000
2000
(smeh)
10:45
You might be following the person with the best ideas,
257
630000
3000
Morda boste sledili osebi z najboljšimi zamislimi,
10:48
but you might not.
258
633000
2000
morda pa ne.
10:50
And do you really want to leave it up to chance?
259
635000
3000
Ali to res hočete prepustiti naključju?
10:53
Much better for everybody to go off by themselves,
260
638000
2000
Veliko bolje je. če gre vsak po svoje
10:55
generate their own ideas
261
640000
2000
in razvija svoje zamisli
10:57
freed from the distortions of group dynamics,
262
642000
2000
brez motenj zaradi skupinske dinamike,
10:59
and then come together as a team
263
644000
2000
potem pa zopet pridejo skupaj,
11:01
to talk them through in a well-managed environment
264
646000
3000
se pogovorijo v dobro vodenem okolju
11:04
and take it from there.
265
649000
2000
ter nadaljujejo od tam naprej.
11:06
Now if all this is true,
266
651000
2000
Če je vse to res,
11:08
then why are we getting it so wrong?
267
653000
3000
zakaj vedno delamo nekaj narobe?
11:11
Why are we setting up our schools this way and our workplaces?
268
656000
2000
Zakaj šole in delovna mesta delujejo na tak način?
11:13
And why are we making these introverts feel so guilty
269
658000
2000
Zakaj v introvertiranih ljudeh vzbujamo občutek krivde
11:15
about wanting to just go off by themselves some of the time?
270
660000
4000
zaradi tega, ker hočejo del časa prebiti sami?
11:19
One answer lies deep in our cultural history.
271
664000
3000
Eden od odgovorov izhaja iz kulturne zgodovine.
11:22
Western societies,
272
667000
2000
Zahodne družbe,
11:24
and in particular the U.S.,
273
669000
2000
posebej ameriška,
11:26
have always favored the man of action
274
671000
2000
so vedno spodbujale aktivnega
11:28
over the man of contemplation
275
673000
2000
bolj kot razmišljujočega,
11:30
and "man" of contemplation.
276
675000
4000
in to moškega.
11:34
But in America's early days,
277
679000
3000
V zgodnjih dneh ZDA
11:37
we lived in what historians call a culture of character,
278
682000
3000
pa smo živeli v t.i. kulturi karakterja,
11:40
where we still, at that point, valued people
279
685000
2000
ko smo še cenili ljudi
11:42
for their inner selves and their moral rectitude.
280
687000
3000
zaradi njihove notranjosti in moralne vrednosti.
11:45
And if you look at the self-help books from this era,
281
690000
2000
Če si pogledate knjige za samopomoč iz tega obdobja,
11:47
they all had titles with things like
282
692000
2000
so vse nosile naslove, kot so
11:49
"Character, the Grandest Thing in the World."
283
694000
3000
"Karakter, najpomembnejša stvar na svetu".
11:52
And they featured role models like Abraham Lincoln
284
697000
3000
In vzorniki v njih so bili ljudje, kot je Abraham Lincoln,
11:55
who was praised for being modest and unassuming.
285
700000
2000
ki je bil cenjen kot skromen in nezahteven.
11:57
Ralph Waldo Emerson called him
286
702000
2000
Ralph Waldo Emerson ga je klical
11:59
"A man who does not offend by superiority."
287
704000
3000
"človek, ki ne žali z večvrednostjo".
12:02
But then we hit the 20th century
288
707000
3000
A potem smo prišli v 20. stoletje
12:05
and we entered a new culture
289
710000
2000
in vstopili v novo kulturo,
12:07
that historians call the culture of personality.
290
712000
2000
ki jo zgodovinarji imenujejo kultura osebnosti.
12:09
What happened is we had evolved an agricultural economy
291
714000
2000
Razvili smo se iz agrarne ekonomije
12:11
to a world of big business.
292
716000
2000
v svet velikih poslov.
12:13
And so suddenly people are moving
293
718000
2000
In kar naenkrat so se ljudje začeli
12:15
from small towns to the cities.
294
720000
2000
seliti iz majhnih krajev v mesta.
12:17
And instead of working alongside people they've known all their lives,
295
722000
3000
Namesto da bi delali poleg ljudi, ki so jih poznali vse življenje,
12:20
now they are having to prove themselves
296
725000
2000
so se po novem morali dokazovati
12:22
in a crowd of strangers.
297
727000
2000
v množici tujcev.
12:24
So, quite understandably,
298
729000
2000
Razumljivo je,
12:26
qualities like magnetism and charisma
299
731000
2000
da so lastnosti, kot sta privlačnost in karizma,
12:28
suddenly come to seem really important.
300
733000
2000
naenkrat postale zelo pomembne.
12:30
And sure enough, the self-help books change to meet these new needs
301
735000
3000
In seveda so se tudi knjige za samopomoč spremenile,
12:33
and they start to have names
302
738000
2000
da bi zadostile novim potrebam, in začele nositi naslove,
12:35
like "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
303
740000
2000
kot je "Kako si pridobiti prijatelje in vplivati na ljudi".
12:37
And they feature as their role models
304
742000
2000
Kot vzornike pa predstavljajo
12:39
really great salesmen.
305
744000
3000
odlične prodajalce.
12:42
So that's the world we're living in today.
306
747000
2000
V takem svetu živimo danes.
12:44
That's our cultural inheritance.
307
749000
4000
To je naša kulturna dediščina.
12:48
Now none of this is to say
308
753000
2000
To ne pomeni,
12:50
that social skills are unimportant,
309
755000
3000
da so socialne spretnosti nepomembne,
12:53
and I'm also not calling
310
758000
2000
niti ne pravim,
12:55
for the abolishing of teamwork at all.
311
760000
3000
da je treba odpraviti timsko delo.
12:58
The same religions who send their sages off to lonely mountain tops
312
763000
3000
Ista verstva, ki svoje modrece pošiljajo na samotne vrhove gora,
13:01
also teach us love and trust.
313
766000
3000
nas učijo tudi ljubiti in zaupati.
13:04
And the problems that we are facing today
314
769000
2000
Težave, s katerimi se soočamo dandanes
13:06
in fields like science and in economics
315
771000
2000
na področju znanosti in ekonomije,
13:08
are so vast and so complex
316
773000
2000
so tako velike in kompleksne,
13:10
that we are going to need armies of people coming together
317
775000
2000
da bomo potrebovali armade ljudi, ki bodo morali
13:12
to solve them working together.
318
777000
2000
rešitve iskati skupaj.
13:14
But I am saying that the more freedom that we give introverts to be themselves,
319
779000
3000
Vendar trdim, da bolj ko bomo vase zaprtim ljudem pustili biti to, kar so,
13:17
the more likely that they are
320
782000
2000
bolj verjetno je, da bodo
13:19
to come up with their own unique solutions to these problems.
321
784000
3000
prišli do enkratnih rešitev za te težave.
13:24
So now I'd like to share with you
322
789000
2000
Zdaj pa bi vam rada povedala,
13:26
what's in my suitcase today.
323
791000
3000
kaj imam danes v kovčku.
13:33
Guess what?
324
798000
2000
Uganite!
13:35
Books.
325
800000
2000
Knjige.
13:37
I have a suitcase full of books.
326
802000
2000
Moj kovček je poln knjig.
13:39
Here's Margaret Atwood, "Cat's Eye."
327
804000
2000
Tule je "Mačje oko" Margaret Atwood.
13:41
Here's a novel by Milan Kundera.
328
806000
3000
Tule je roman Milana Kundere.
13:44
And here's "The Guide for the Perplexed"
329
809000
2000
Tule pa je Maimonidov
13:46
by Maimonides.
330
811000
3000
"Vodnik za zbegane".
13:49
But these are not exactly my books.
331
814000
3000
To niso ravno moje knjige.
13:52
I brought these books with me
332
817000
2000
S seboj sem jih prinesla,
13:54
because they were written by my grandfather's favorite authors.
333
819000
4000
ker so jih napisali najljubši avtorji mojega dedka.
13:58
My grandfather was a rabbi
334
823000
2000
Moj dedek je bil rabin
14:00
and he was a widower
335
825000
2000
in vdovec,
14:02
who lived alone in a small apartment in Brooklyn
336
827000
3000
ki je sam živel v majhnem stanovanju v Brooklynu,
14:05
that was my favorite place in the world when I was growing up,
337
830000
3000
ki je bilo med odraščanjem moj najljubši kraj na svetu,
14:08
partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence
338
833000
3000
deloma zato, ker je bilo polno njegove blage, zelo vljudne osebnosti,
14:11
and partly because it was filled with books.
339
836000
3000
in deloma zato, ker je bilo polno knjig.
14:14
I mean literally every table, every chair in this apartment
340
839000
3000
Dobesedno vsaka miza in vsak stol v tem stanovanju
14:17
had yielded its original function
341
842000
2000
so svojo prvotno funkcijo spremenili
14:19
to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books.
342
844000
3000
v mesto za majave kupe knjig.
14:22
Just like the rest of my family,
343
847000
2000
Kot drugi v moji družini
14:24
my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read.
344
849000
3000
je dedek najraje od vsega na svetu bral.
14:27
But he also loved his congregation,
345
852000
3000
Rad pa je imel tudi svoje vernike
14:30
and you could feel this love in the sermons that he gave
346
855000
3000
in to ljubezen je bilo čutiti v njegovih pridigah,
14:33
every week for the 62 years that he was a rabbi.
347
858000
4000
ki jih je imel vsak teden, vseh 62 let delovanja kot rabin.
14:37
He would takes the fruits of each week's reading
348
862000
3000
Sadove vsakotedenskega branja je stkal skupaj,
14:40
and he would weave these intricate tapestries of ancient and humanist thought.
349
865000
3000
sestavil je zapletene tapiserije antične in humanistične misli.
14:43
And people would come from all over
350
868000
2000
In ljudje so prihajali od vsepovsod,
14:45
to hear him speak.
351
870000
2000
da bi ga poslušali.
14:47
But here's the thing about my grandfather.
352
872000
3000
Ampak pri mojem dedku gre za to:
14:50
Underneath this ceremonial role,
353
875000
2000
pod plaščem svoje ceremonialne vloge
14:52
he was really modest and really introverted --
354
877000
3000
je bil res skromen in zelo zaprt vase...
14:55
so much so that when he delivered these sermons,
355
880000
3000
tako zelo, da je med pridiganjem
14:58
he had trouble making eye contact
356
883000
2000
imel težave vzpostavljati stik z očmi
15:00
with the very same congregation
357
885000
2000
s svojimi farani,
15:02
that he had been speaking to for 62 years.
358
887000
2000
katerim je pridigal 62 let.
15:04
And even away from the podium,
359
889000
2000
In celo stran od prižnice,
15:06
when you called him to say hello,
360
891000
2000
ko ga je kdo pozdravil,
15:08
he would often end the conversation prematurely
361
893000
2000
je pogosto prehitro končal pogovor,
15:10
for fear that he was taking up too much of your time.
362
895000
4000
saj se je bal, da mu jemlje preveč časa.
15:14
But when he died at the age of 94,
363
899000
3000
Ko je pri 94 letih umrl,
15:17
the police had to close down the streets of his neighborhood
364
902000
3000
je policija morala ceste v soseščini zapreti za promet,
15:20
to accommodate the crowd of people
365
905000
2000
da bi lahko blizu prišli vsi ljudje,
15:22
who came out to mourn him.
366
907000
3000
ki so prišli žalovat.
15:26
And so these days I try to learn from my grandfather's example
367
911000
3000
V teh dneh se skušam na svoj način
15:29
in my own way.
368
914000
2000
učiti od dedkovega zgleda.
15:31
So I just published a book about introversion,
369
916000
3000
Pravkar sem objavila knjigo o zaprtosti vase,
15:34
and it took me about seven years to write.
370
919000
2000
pisala sem jo sedem let.
15:36
And for me, that seven years was like total bliss,
371
921000
3000
In zame je bilo teh sedem let popoln užitek,
15:39
because I was reading, I was writing,
372
924000
3000
saj sem brala, pisala,
15:42
I was thinking, I was researching.
373
927000
2000
razmišljala, raziskovala.
15:44
It was my version
374
929000
2000
To je bila moja verzija
15:46
of my grandfather's hours of the day alone in his library.
375
931000
3000
dedkovih samotnih ur v knjižnici.
15:49
But now all of a sudden my job is very different,
376
934000
3000
Ampak sedaj je moja služba naenkrat zelo drugačna,
15:52
and my job is to be out here talking about it,
377
937000
3000
saj moram biti tu in govoriti o tem,
15:55
talking about introversion.
378
940000
3000
o svoji zaprtosti vase.
15:58
(Laughter)
379
943000
4000
(smeh)
16:02
And that's a lot harder for me,
380
947000
2000
To je zame veliko težje,
16:04
because as honored as I am
381
949000
2000
saj kljub časti,
16:06
to be here with all of you right now,
382
951000
2000
da sem lahko zdaj tu med vami,
16:08
this is not my natural milieu.
383
953000
3000
to ni moje naravno okolje.
16:11
So I prepared for moments like these
384
956000
2000
Zato sem se na take trenutke pripravila,
16:13
as best I could.
385
958000
2000
kolikor sem se pač lahko.
16:15
I spent the last year practicing public speaking
386
960000
2000
Zadnje leto sem ob vsaki priložnosti
16:17
every chance I could get.
387
962000
2000
vadila javno nastopanje.
16:19
And I call this my "year of speaking dangerously."
388
964000
3000
In temu pravim moje "leto nevarnega govorjenja".
16:22
(Laughter)
389
967000
2000
(smeh)
16:24
And that actually helped a lot.
390
969000
2000
In pravzaprav je veliko pomagalo.
16:26
But I'll tell you, what helps even more
391
971000
2000
Povem pa vam, še bolj pomaga
16:28
is my sense, my belief, my hope
392
973000
3000
moj občutek, moje prepričanje in upanje,
16:31
that when it comes to our attitudes
393
976000
2000
da smo pri našem odnosu do zaprtosti vase,
16:33
to introversion and to quiet and to solitude,
394
978000
2000
do tišine in samote
16:35
we truly are poised on the brink on dramatic change.
395
980000
2000
na robu dramatičnih sprememb.
16:37
I mean, we are.
396
982000
2000
Res smo.
16:39
And so I am going to leave you now
397
984000
2000
Zato vas zdaj zapuščam
16:41
with three calls for action
398
986000
2000
s tremi pozivi k delovanju
16:43
for those who share this vision.
399
988000
2000
za vse, ki delite mojo vizijo.
16:45
Number one:
400
990000
2000
Prvič:
16:47
Stop the madness for constant group work.
401
992000
2000
nehajte z norostjo stalnega skupinskega dela.
16:49
Just stop it.
402
994000
2000
Enostavno nehajte.
16:51
(Laughter)
403
996000
3000
(smeh)
16:54
Thank you.
404
999000
2000
Hvala.
16:56
(Applause)
405
1001000
2000
(aplavz)
16:58
And I want to be clear about what I'm saying,
406
1003000
2000
O tem, kar govorim, hočem biti jasna,
17:00
because I deeply believe our offices
407
1005000
2000
saj globoko verjamem, da bi naše pisarne
17:02
should be encouraging
408
1007000
2000
morale spodbujati
17:04
casual, chatty cafe-style types of interactions --
409
1009000
2000
neformalne, pogovorne, kavarniške interakcije,
17:06
you know, the kind where people come together
410
1011000
2000
saj veste, take ko ljudje pridejo skupaj
17:08
and serendipitously have an exchange of ideas.
411
1013000
2000
in po srečnem naključju izmenjajo ideje.
17:10
That is great.
412
1015000
2000
To je odlično.
17:12
It's great for introverts and it's great for extroverts.
413
1017000
2000
Odlično tako za introvertirane kot za ekstravertirane ljudi.
17:14
But we need much more privacy and much more freedom
414
1019000
2000
A potrebujemo veliko več zasebnosti in svobode
17:16
and much more autonomy at work.
415
1021000
2000
ter več avtonomnosti pri delu.
17:18
School, same thing.
416
1023000
2000
Šola je enaka stvar.
17:20
We need to be teaching kids to work together, for sure,
417
1025000
3000
Otroke je treba učiti, naj sodelujejo, seveda,
17:23
but we also need to be teaching them how to work on their own.
418
1028000
2000
ampak učiti jih je treba tudi, kako delati samostojno.
17:25
This is especially important for extroverted children too.
419
1030000
3000
To je posebej pomembno tudi za ekstravertirane otroke.
17:28
They need to work on their own
420
1033000
2000
Morajo delati samostojno,
17:30
because that is where deep thought comes from in part.
421
1035000
2000
saj od tam deloma prihaja globoko razmišljanje.
17:32
Okay, number two: Go to the wilderness.
422
1037000
3000
V redu, drugič: pojdite v divjino.
17:35
Be like Buddha, have your own revelations.
423
1040000
3000
Bodite kot Buda, imejte svoja razodetja.
17:38
I'm not saying
424
1043000
2000
Ne pravim,
17:40
that we all have to now go off and build our own cabins in the woods
425
1045000
3000
naj gremo zdaj vsi v gozdove in tam zgradimo svoje koče
17:43
and never talk to each other again,
426
1048000
3000
ter se nikoli več z nikomer pogovarjamo,
17:46
but I am saying that we could all stand to unplug
427
1051000
2000
pravim samo, da bi vsi lahko odklopili
17:48
and get inside our own heads
428
1053000
2000
ter se malo večkrat
17:50
a little more often.
429
1055000
3000
obrnili vase.
17:54
Number three:
430
1059000
3000
Tretjič:
17:57
Take a good look at what's inside your own suitcase
431
1062000
2000
Dobro poglejte, kaj je v vašem kovčku
17:59
and why you put it there.
432
1064000
2000
ter zakaj je tam.
18:01
So extroverts,
433
1066000
2000
Družabneži,
18:03
maybe your suitcases are also full of books.
434
1068000
2000
morda so vaši kovčki tudi polni knjig.
18:05
Or maybe they're full of champagne glasses
435
1070000
2000
Morda pa so polni kozarcev za šampanjec
18:07
or skydiving equipment.
436
1072000
3000
ali padalske opreme.
18:10
Whatever it is, I hope you take these things out every chance you get
437
1075000
4000
Karkoli že je, upam, da stvari jemljete ven, kadar le morete,
18:14
and grace us with your energy and your joy.
438
1079000
3000
in nas počastite s svojo energijo in veseljem.
18:17
But introverts, you being you,
439
1082000
3000
Tisti, ki ste zaprti vase, taki kakršni ste,
18:20
you probably have the impulse to guard very carefully
440
1085000
2000
verjetno želite previdno varovati
18:22
what's inside your own suitcase.
441
1087000
2000
vsebino svojega kovčka.
18:24
And that's okay.
442
1089000
2000
In to je v redu.
18:26
But occasionally, just occasionally,
443
1091000
2000
Ampak upam, da včasih, le včasih,
18:28
I hope you will open up your suitcases for other people to see,
444
1093000
3000
odprete svoje kovčke in jih pokažete drugim,
18:31
because the world needs you and it needs the things you carry.
445
1096000
3000
saj vas in stvari, ki jih nosite, svet potrebuje.
18:36
So I wish you the best of all possible journeys
446
1101000
2000
Zato vam želim najboljše možno potovanje
18:38
and the courage to speak softly.
447
1103000
3000
in pogum, da govorite s tihim glasom.
18:41
Thank you very much.
448
1106000
2000
Hvala lepa.
18:43
(Applause)
449
1108000
4000
(aplavz)
18:47
Thank you. Thank you.
450
1112000
3000
Hvala vam. Hvala vam.
18:50
(Applause)
451
1115000
7000
(aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Susan Cain - Quiet revolutionaryOur world prizes extroverts—but Susan Cain makes a case for the quiet and contemplative. She reaches millions of people through her books, podcasts and her mission-based organization, Quiet Revolution, which empowers introverts for the benefit of everyone.
Why you should listen
Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant -- and a self-described introvert. At least one-third of the people we know are introverts, notes Cain in her book QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Although our culture undervalues them dramatically, introverts have made some of the great contributions to society -- from Chopin's nocturnes to the invention of the personal computer to Ghandi's transformative leadership. Cain argues that we design our schools, workplaces and religious institutions for extroverts, and that this bias creates a waste of talent, energy and happiness. Based on intensive research in psychology and neurobiology and on prolific interviews, she also explains why introverts are capable of great love and great achievement, not in spite of their temperament -- but because of them.
In 2015 Susan Cain announced the launch of her mission-based organization Quiet Revolution that aims to change the lives of introverts by empowering them with the information, tools and resources they need to survive and thrive.
In the workplace, companies are not fully harnessing the talents of their introverted employees and leadership teams are often imbalanced with many more extroverts than introverts. The Quiet Leadership Institute has worked with companies from LinkedIn to GE to Procter and Gamble to help them achieve their potential by providing learning experiences that unlock the power of introverts.
At the heart and center of the Quiet Revolution is empowering the next generation of children to know their own strengths and be freed from the sense of inadequacy that has shadowed the children of previous generations. Susan's second book, Quiet Power, is written for teens and young adults but also serves as a tool for teachers and parents. In addition, Susan has created a portal and a online learning experience for the parents of quiet children and has also established the Quiet Schools Network. Susan's podcast, Quiet: The Power of Introverts debuted in February 2016 as a 10-part series designed to give parents and teachers the tools they need to empower quiet kids.
Susan and the Quiet Revolution have received numerous accolades and press including Fortune magazine, The New York Times, NPRand many more.
Susan Cain | Speaker | TED.com