“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” — Susan Cain
I have written elsewhere about TED as a source of inspirational, educational talks for thinkers. I did not expect to find this video however - Susan Cain very clearly speaks to my own experiences in her talk.
Throughout my college education and business career, I have been subject to the pervasive 'groupthink' preferences and 'cattle car' office organizations. I have strayed (I told myself ventured?) a few times from the 'introvert' path, and it has almost always been to my eventual detriment. This went right to the top of my favorite 'TED Talks' and I don't think anything is going to match it any time soon!!!
It is very inspiring to hear someone speak about why the suppression of introverts is perhaps not the best way to go .....
I plan on reading her book very soon - it is on the way from Amazon - look for the review on Goodreads or here (and watching hthis video a few more times!).
Update: Well, perhaps not right away -- I decided this book was going to be a Christmas present to me...so I probably won't dive into it until....oh sometime early on the morning of the 25th! But I do plan on watching her TED Talk at least four or five more times before then!
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