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

personalities are more genuine,” he told
me then, “and that tends to lead me toward
more quiet people. It’s hard to be
gleeful when at the same time I’m trying
to be wise.”
Indeed, Mike was probably lucky to
enjoy the Cupertino cocoon for as long
as he did. Asian-American kids who
grow up in more typical American communities
often face the issues that Mike
confronted as a Stanford freshman
much earlier in their lives. One study
comparing European-American and
second-generation Chinese-American
teens over a five-year period found that
the Chinese-Americans were significantly
more introverted than their American
peers throughout adolescence—and
paid the price with their
self-esteem. While introverted Chinese-
American twelve-year-olds felt perfectly
fine about themselves—presumably
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