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

cultural style for getting ahead: too
passive, not hail-fellow-well-met
enough.”
I met many professionals in Cupertino
who were struggling with this issue.
A well-heeled housewife confided
that all the husbands in her social circle
had recently accepted jobs in China,
and were now commuting between Cupertino
and Shanghai, partly because
their quiet styles prevented them from
advancing locally. The American companies
“think they can’t handle business,”
she said, “because of presentation.
In business, you have to put a lot
of nonsense together and present it. My
husband always just makes his point
and that’s the end of it. When you look
at big companies, almost none of the
top executives are Asians. They hire
someone who doesn’t know anything
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