quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

The atmosphere is startling simply
because it’s so unusual. It’s something
you might find at a yoga class or in a
Buddhist monastery, except that here
there’s no unifying religion or worldview,
only a shared temperament. It’s
easy to see this when Aron delivers her
speech. She has long observed that
when she speaks to groups of highly
sensitive people the room is more
hushed and respectful than would be
usual in a public gathering place, and
this is true throughout her presentation.
But it carries over all weekend.
I’ve never heard so many “after
you’s” and “thank you’s” as I do here.
During meals, which are held at long
communal tables in a summer-camp
style, open-air cafeteria, people plunge
hungrily into searching conversations.
There’s a lot of one-on-one discussion
about intimate topics like childhood
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