Quiet Power, a non-fiction book by Susan Cain, Gregory Mone, and Erica Moroz, explains the often-misunderstood shy introverts. A lot of introverts face social pressure of their passions or personality. But many people, including introverts themselves, often don’t see how introverts are good listeners and great thinkers because of their observant nature and enjoyment of time of solitude. 

One of the theme of this book that keeps coming up is “Don’t have pressure and just be you”, I used the bubble note-taking method to connect ideas and evidence over the many parts of the book related to this theme.

One of the central ideas the author is trying to let us understand is that “Introverts often notice, listen, and value others ideas and needs”. I used the bubble note-taking method again to connect ideas and evidence related to this central idea.

At the same time, it is very important for us to understand all kinds of people if we want to build a positive and welcoming community to all. The book introduces many common traits of introverts, how they might react to certain events or in certain situations, and explains the reason behind these traits and reactions. I used the cause and effect note-taking method and use arrows to show the causes and effects of an event or “phenomenon”.

Also, there are many small pieces of stories in this book mainly about how introverts act or react, many of these stories contain realistic problems that can lead to multiple debatable arguments that not just are about introverts, but also every individual in the society. I used the boxes and bullet note-taking method to first highlight the arguments by boxing them, then adding different perspectives and my perspective by “bulleting” them.

If you are interested in this book and want to know more click here or the two words “Quiet Power” in the first sentence. If you are interested and want to know more about introverts click here.