Quiet Is a Superpower

INDEX

• A
• Aarons-Mele, Morra, 88–90
• abilities and qualifications, showing, 17–18
• acquired influences, 31
• active listening. See listening skills
• admiration, sources of, 37
• adrenaline, secreting, 133
• agreeing vs. listening, 64–65
• Al-Khalidi, Faisal, 43–44, 47
• America, working in, 56
• amygdala, 133–134
• analytical abilities, relying on, 90
• anger, 74–76
• Art of War, 176, 191
• attention and praise, 102–103
• audience, identifying, 152
• awkward situations, preparing for, 123

• B
• Balester, Collin, 142
• baseball, 158
• Battier, Shane, 156
• battles
  • avoiding engagement, 71–72
  • picking, 111
• behaviors
  • impact of stress on, 77
  • irrationality, 69–70
• Benun, Ilise, 113
• blaming vs. taking responsibility, 72, 74–75
• The Blind Side, 155
• brain
  • activity, 30
  • amygdala,