Susan Cain

Self-help writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1968 · age 58

Susan Horowitz Cain is an American writer and lecturer.

Susan Cain is read about 62 times a day, in 16 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2022“Longing is the great human state.”In their words15 August 2022NPRRead the whole statement

“Human beings are a meaning-making species.”In their words5 June 2022MetroRead the whole statement

“There’s something about writing books that gives us the permission to discuss things that aren’t as easy to talk about in everyday life.”In their words11 May 2022The Harvard GazetteRead the whole statement

“(T)he bittersweet tradition spans centuries - it spans continents. And it teaches us that we are creatures who are born to transform pain into beauty.”In their words7 April 2022NextBigIdeaClub.comRead the whole statement

2013“There's no correlation between expressing an idea assertively or charismatically, and having a good idea.”In their words3 October 2013U.SRead the whole statement

“I'm seeing businesses embrace the Quiet Revolution as the next great diversity issue of our time.”In their words3 October 2013U.SRead the whole statement

1968Born20 March 1968

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Cain speaking at TED2012 ("not my natural milieu") with a prop suitcase,[17][18] said to be a metaphor for the treasures, memories, activities and thoughts that make you you.[19] Cain's suitcase contained books.[17][18]

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Susan Cain

4 statements, newest first

Being able to exist in a place where light and dark meet is actually not a recipe for unhappiness. It is a recipe for a deeper kind of happiness.
21 May 2022 · KCRW.com, Own words
We listen to sad music for the same reason we go to church or synagogue or the mosque.
11 May 2022 · The Harvard Gazette, Own words
Embracing their quiet nature does not cause introverts to flee to a shack in the woods. It empowers them to engage with the world - but on their own terms.
March 2014 · Cain's second TED Talk, "Announcing the Quiet Revolution," March 2014., Own words