CNLP 496: Susan Cain on C.S. Lewis, What's Wrong with Extroverts and Toxic Positivity, and the Value Melancholy Can Add to Your Life and Leadership

New York Times bestselling author and record-setting TED talk speaker, Susan Cain, talks about her love of C.S. Lewis, a longing for home everyone feels, what’s wrong with a world set up to reward extroverts, and the beauty of melancholy and how it can enrich your life and leadership.

Welcome to Episode 496 of the podcast. Listen and access the show notes below or search for the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and listen for free.

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Quotes from Episode 496

Embracing life's fragility also means embracing the fact that nothing ever stays the same and life is just an ongoing series of transitions. @susancain Share on XPeople want the truth and they want to be inspired within the world as it is and not the world as we might wish it to be. @susancain Share on X

Bittersweetness is a recognition that light and dark, and joy and sorrow are always and forever paired. @susancain Share on XThere's something about the fact that we are all in this state together…the state in which the Garden of Eden is always over there and we get to experience momentary glimpses of it that transform everything. @susancain Share on X

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Chick-fil-A’s Vice President of High Performing Leadership, Mark Miller, returns to the podcast to discuss Chick-fil-A’s rapid and sustained growth during the pandemic, how CEOs schedule their time, how he makes time for leadership development every month (including during trips to the Antarctic and Mount Everest), and how to really do leadership development well.

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