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Title: The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney ISBN: 0-7611-2369-5 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Help for Introvert
Comment: Wonderful book. I learned a lot. I had the great opportunity to actually hear Marti talk at a presentation. She did a great amount of research and interviewing in preparing to write the book and it shows. It has helped in my relationship with an introverted spouse (I am an extrovert) and our children. It has also helped in my managing some of my employees who are introverted. Bravo to Marti. She did a great job.
Rating: 3
Summary: Well written supplementary text on introversion
Comment: Well written supplementary text on introversion. The self-assessment for introverts questionairre in the book will undoubtedly be helpful to all introverts. The questionnaire helps understand the continuum of personalities from introversion to extroversion (individuals do not simply fall within one of two boxes), and may help understand that some personalities fall into a "Somewhere in the middle" category. This greatly assisted my understanding of "ambidextrous" personalities, those individuals who exhibit characteristics of both introversion and extroversion; from my readings, no other author had explained this phenomenon quite so well. Some other very strong areas of this book include a discussion on the right and left hemispheres of the brain as relating to introverts, and the differences in brain processing between introverts and extroverts. In the first area, it was interesting to read that there are those who are not heavily left- or right-brained, but experience what is referred to as "bilateral dominance" - this greatly explains personal experiences within an educational system which typically caters to the left brained, and which has displayed little or no understanding that there actually exist individuals who have both left and right brain strengths. Laney's discussion on brain processing is also written well, and the information she shares should be understood by all those who work with people (most professionals work with people, whether coworkers or clients, regardless of field). Introverts typically use long term memory more often than short term memory, with a longer processing path accessing more areas of the brain than that experienced by extroverts. While the first part of the book (there are three parts) is written for all individuals falling within the introversion continuum, it seems as though the latter two parts focus a bit too heavily on those individuals who might be seen to fall within the more heavily introverted category (note that I did not read these latter two parts). In addition, it seems as though this book was written for an audience who has never explored their personality before, so it may be of more benefit to such an audience, although there are a lot of other books on personality types which offer greater substance regarding the topics discussed in the latter two parts. Like a lot of other topics about which one wishes to read, reading multiple books associated with a topic is usually preferable to relying solely on one book; simply take the strengths from each book - Laney's book has its strengths.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great book for self-validation,but not the best written book
Comment: There are not a lot of books out there that profiles an introverted person and tells you that it's ok being so. I'm glad to have found this book, because it really validated my personality and made me feel normal.
However, I agree with Mollyjoy's review, the author seems to be bias towards her own situation, i.e. her being an introvert married to an extravert, she listed more advantages for this kind of couples, whereas other kinds of pairing she listed more problems.
A lot of information in this book were based on quotes from other books, from interviews in preparation to write this book, not much based on her own knowledge, studies, or her clientele experiences, which really takes some substance away from this book.
That said, this book does give a lot of good points, some interesting insights (such as how an introvert's brain differs from an extrovert's) and offers some practical advice from which an introvert can benefit.
If I had to do it all over, I would still buy this book, it's just that I would advise reading it with a grain of salt.
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Title: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron ISBN: 0553062182 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 02 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto by Anneli S. Rufus ISBN: 1569245134 Publisher: Marlowe & Company Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Successful Selling for Introverts by Thomas M. Murphy ISBN: 096622860X Publisher: Sheba Press Ltd Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook by Elaine Aron ISBN: 0767903374 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 08 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Careers for Introverts & Other Solitary Types by Blythe Camenson ISBN: 0844263869 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 11 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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