SusanCain

Susan Cain talked about how introverts are very important to society and all the world, though extroverts are commonly "more valued." She was very conversational and started her speech with a personal story to connect with the audience. She used her hands when she talked, walked around the stage and brought in a briefcase to be her suitcase so as to not sit the entire time and become uninteresting. From this video, I can really remember her talking about how classrooms and workplaces are set up for extroverts- pods of desks and cubicles where you are forced to do group projects and interact with everyone around you. I also took away that there needs to be harmony between extroverts and introverts. No one is specifically one or the other, some people are even in the middle, but they need to help each other, and the world needs both to run smoothly and efficiently. Many of the worlds great leaders have been introverts- they can sit down and focus easily to create their ideas which benefits everyone and can change history. This connects to me personally because though I am mostly introverted, many of my close family and friends are not, so it is helpful for me to know they just think and respond to their environment in a different way than me.