NYT bestselling author + TED superstar Susan Cain joins Rich to talk about her new book ‘Bittersweet’—and why embracing this feeling paves a path to creativity, connection, & transcendence. To read more about Susan and peruse the full show notes, go herehttps://bit.ly/richroll699
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:25 Rich's Recent Speaking Gig Felt Unnatural
00:06:18 Defining Introversion
00:11:25 Bittersweetness & How It Relates to Sensitivity
00:14:08 We Don't Celebrate Introverts
00:16:54 How Do Introverts Work Best?
00:20:58 The Pandemic's Effect on Introverts vs. Extroverts
00:23:14 How Disruption and Loss during covid affected Susan personally
00:25:22 Bittersweetness & Depression Often Mistakenly Get Associated
00:31:32 Darwin's Personality, Survival of the Kindest, and the Vagus Nerve
00:34:46 Defining Bittersweetness
00:37:16 Relating Bittersweetness to the Odyssey and religion
00:40:03 The question of “Why sad music” led Susan down this path
00:42:27 Our Options of Response to Pain
00:45:34 Ad Break
00:47:25 Back to Show
00:49:22 How did we get here, Susan? Calvinism.
00:53:28 The Tendency to Distance Ourselves from Difficult Life Circumstances
00:57:36 Longevity and Immortality Effects on Psychology
01:04:18 Bittersweetness in light of Spirituality
01:06:28 Responding to her own research as an Agnostic
01:13:46 Can you train your sensitivity to bittersweetness?
01:17:00 Revisiting Susan’s relationship with her mom
01:28:07 The Pursuit of Happiness
01:29:56 Grappling with Deep Questions In a Separation of Church and State world
01:32:57 Beethoven Story
01:36:12 Rich on Our Divided World
01:38:52 Rich on Storytelling
01:40:40 What's Next for Susan?
01:41:00 What one thing do you want people to get out of ‘Bitter Sweet’?
01:42:11 Advice about introverts… As a parent?
01:45:50 When an Introvert gets promoted into a position that requires extroversion
01:50:28 Why does Rich structure his day the way he does?
01:53:06 Closing Remarks

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