2015-06-23
44 分钟You know, I think the understanding that you can be competent and be vulnerable at the same time is really the key.
I don't know about you, but when I walk into a room full of strangers, whether it's a cocktail party, a business meeting, a large event, whatever it may be, not the most comfortable person in the world.
In fact, for years, it's pretty much terrified me.
And for a long time, I also thought that maybe there was something wrong with me because of that.
The world teaches us that if that's your orientation, the thing you need to do is fix it and learn how to be the person where you walk into a room and all of a sudden you are lit up and everyone swarms around you.
A couple of years back, today's guest, Susan Cain, released a book named the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking.
And it profoundly changed my life.
But it also gave voice and gave validation and gave understanding and a path to nearly a third of the human population who has lived feeling like something is wrong with them.
Today's conversation goes deep into this phenomenon, into the exploration into what led Susan to actually do this and to where she's going with it now that she's gotten such a stunning response to the ideas in the book.
I'm Jonathan Fields.
This is good life project.
I was trying to remember.
Quiet came out.
When was it?
In 2012.
Right.
So you and I were hanging out at a cafe on the Upper west side, on the upstairs, and this was like a couple of months before the book came out.
And we were just sitting there, like, jamming back and forth.
What's going to happen with the book?
What did you market it?