On the recommendation of my dear brother, I have been reading a book by Susan Cain titled "Quiet". It is a wonderful read and I will not say you can just race through it, I am still reading it...quietly. This book is for all people..the quiet by nature and the not quiet by nature and the in-betweens. People like me and you. People who talk all the time and enjoy talking will learn a lot from it. So will people who do not talk much. This great book makes you realize that some of our greatest thoughts, even among talkers, come from our moments and times of quiet. Susan Cain makes you think about all the great things that have been done by quiet people who have not made any noise about what they have done and still continue to do go about life; making a difference. Many quiet people do much of what really makes the world go round...and do not make noise about it. They live quietly without taking much credit for their great contributions. Some end up in the limelight as we call it, many more do not. Not being in the limelight or being known for their work, does not make their work any less important.
She also awakens us to the dangers of those who will magnetize and mesmerize you with their many words and hype but are actually saying nothing. All over the world, many of these would even milk people out of their hard earned little money using many words, noises and songs and are they loud? Yes sir, they are. In a world where the loudest and not necessarily the most knowledgeable on a subject, are heard more, her book is a god-send to thousands who need to walk cautiously or end up being eaten alive or falling in a ditch amidst the noise.
Susan Cain argues the points so well, pointing us to many earlier writers in psychology and communication. She highlights many important issues and calls us to quiet down ourselves, celebrate the many quiet people among us and celebrate the quietness within and around us. In her book she encourages people to value quietness of soul and helping us all to value better, the quiet parts that reside in each one of us. Thank you Susan Cain for writing this great book and enabling us to question all the noise and to value silence and introspection.
Please go out and buy that book by Susan Cain soon as you can. The kindle edition is even cheaper at around 5000 Uganda shillings or 2.5 US dollars.
Meanwhile,
Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to You all.
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