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Summer Reading 2017 Bentley Upper School: All School Reading

Bentley's 2017 All-School Summer Read

Quiet : the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

All Bentley students are expected to read this book before school begins in the fall

Author's Ted Talk

Links

Quiet Revolution - the author's organization to "unlock the power of introverts for the power" of all.
About Susan Cain
Quiet - A Book Trailer A 1-minute clip by the author to introduce her book.
Leading@Google series - Susan Cain Susan Cain speaking to Google executives in 2012. 45-minute presentation.
Interview with Forbes 4-minute long interview with Forbes. Parallel drawn between introverts today and women in the 50's and early 60s.

Take a Quick Personality Assessment

Quiet Quiz: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Not sure of where you fall on the introversion-extroversion spectrum? Take this short 12-question quiz to find out!

Purchase your book here and have some of the proceeds benefit Bentley!

A Reader's Guide for Quiet

Reader's Guide (discussion questions) From the back of the book itself, suggested reader's guide to generate discussion, reflection.

Recent Harvard Magazine article

Quiet, Please: Susan Cain foments the "Quiet Revolution."

by LYDIALYLE GIBSON Harvard Magazine MARCH-APRIL 2017

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