Is Being an Introvert Bittersweet? | Susan Cain

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Society leads us to believe that you have to be extroverted to be successful. That’s just not the case.

If you’re an introvert, you have just as much to offer the world as an extrovert. In fact, being introverted is a kind of superpower. Susan Cain, author of the book Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, explores how understanding whether you’re an introvert or extrovert can help you better interact with the world around you.

|| LINKS || https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ | www.calderalab.com/darin | Full Show Notes - https://darinolien.com/is-being-an-introvert-bittersweet-susan-cain/

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome to the show. This is Dernalene. This is the Dernalene show stoked to have
0:10.4	this next guest, Susan Cain. She has affected millions of people's lives. We first talked
0:16.6	about her amazing book called Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a world that can't stop
0:23.9	talking. What a perfect title. I'm an introvert. You didn't know. That's why I'm in the middle
0:29.8	of nature. I need to restore, replenish, and build up my battery again when I go out in the
0:37.1	world. Then I'm fully engaged. But being around too many people for too long drains me. I need to
0:45.0	come back in nature, not talk, shut things down, build myself up again. This is an incredible
0:53.0	conversation, an incredible book that we talked about these introverts. Roughly 50% of the
0:59.6	population are introverts. We're in this population world where you need to kick ass and not stop
1:07.4	and keep pushing on almost in this extroverted way. But if you're an introvert, it's not how you
1:13.6	work. It's not how you roll. It's got a great TED Talk, The Power of Introvert. But then we also
1:20.9	transitioned into this brilliant book called Bittersweet, or New Book, how sorrow and longing
1:30.1	make us whole. We talked about this stuff. This is very, very important. You can tell
1:36.4	that I'm super engaged in this conversation because I think these are superpowers that are sitting
1:42.4	here and we just blow them off. We got to move on. We got to get over it. We've got to not grieve
1:49.3	long enough or the society or culture tells us not to or in some sort of way tells us not to.
1:57.7	She's just an incredible woman putting words to things that we need to be more aware of.
2:04.5	She's inspired millions. She'll probably inspire you too. It's a great conversation.
2:11.1	Well-spoken, massively thought out and delivered to you so you can have a better
2:19.3	understanding of maybe you, maybe your kids, maybe your family members, maybe your spouse,
2:26.7	maybe your loved ones, understanding how they operate, understanding how introverts operate,
2:32.8	and understanding how to grieve and move through the life's challenges with the ability to
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