Quiet

Highlights

• Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration. They’re relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame. (Location 245)
• They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions. (Location 250)
• The essence of the HBS education is that leaders have to act confidently and make decisions in the face of incomplete information. (Location 784)
• “Don’t think about the perfect answer. It’s better to get out there and say something than to never get your voice in.” (Location 810)
• We also see talkers as leaders. The more a person talks, the more other group members direct their attention to him, which means that he becomes increasingly powerful as a meeting goes on. It also helps to speak fast; we rate quick talkers as more capable and appealing than slow talkers. (Location 890)
• extroverted leaders enhance group performance when employees are passive, but that introverted leaders are more effective with proactive employees. (Location 979)
• If you don’t love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It’s not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly. (Location 1205)
• Work alone. You’re going to be best able to design revolutionary products and features if you’re working on your own. Not on a committee. Not on a team. (Location 1259)
• The best violinists rated “practice alone” as the most important of all their music-related activities. (Location 1383)
• Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. (Location 1450)
• Brainstorming had four rules: Don’t judge or criticize ideas. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. Go for quantity. The more ideas you have, the better. Build on the ideas of fellow group members. (Location 1500)
• Peer pressure, in other words, is not only unpleasant, but can actually change your view of a problem. (Location 1579)
  • Note: Highlighted this line with peer pressure from other highlighters.

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• the heritability statistics derived from twin studies show that introversion-extroversion is only 40 to 50 percent heritable. (Location 1837)

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Quiet

Highlights

• Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration. They’re relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame. (Location 245)
• They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions. (Location 250)
• The essence of the HBS education is that leaders have to act confidently and make decisions in the face of incomplete information. (Location 784)
• “Don’t think about the perfect answer. It’s better to get out there and say something than to never get your voice in.” (Location 810)
• We also see talkers as leaders. The more a person talks, the more other group members direct their attention to him, which means that he becomes increasingly powerful as a meeting goes on. It also helps to speak fast; we rate quick talkers as more capable and appealing than slow talkers. (Location 890)
• extroverted leaders enhance group performance when employees are passive, but that introverted leaders are more effective with proactive employees. (Location 979)
• If you don’t love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It’s not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly. (Location 1205)
• Work alone. You’re going to be best able to design revolutionary products and features if you’re working on your own. Not on a committee. Not on a team. (Location 1259)
• The best violinists rated “practice alone” as the most important of all their music-related activities. (Location 1383)
• Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. (Location 1450)
• Brainstorming had four rules: Don’t judge or criticize ideas. Be freewheeling. The wilder the idea, the better. Go for quantity. The more ideas you have, the better. Build on the ideas of fellow group members. (Location 1500)
• Peer pressure, in other words, is not only unpleasant, but can actually change your view of a problem. (Location 1579)
  • Note: Highlighted this line with peer pressure from other highlighters.
• the heritability statistics derived from twin studies show that introversion-extroversion is only 40 to 50 percent heritable. (Location 1837)