Two potential introvert clients this week expressed similar needs in a different context: “I’m feeling so stressed doing it their way!” The “their way,” is doing whatever the task is in an extroverted fashion. Someone more extroverted gets their energy, stamina, in a different way than a more introverted person. Neither is better way, they are just different. What gives you the … [Read more...] about Energy – Extroverts Here’s What Energizes Introverts
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Introverts – Energy Assessment Basics for Easier Extroverting
Introvert and extrovert is all about energy. Throughout the day we each introvert and extrovert in the actions we take, and yet we have a preference toward one direction. For the introvert, with all this doing, there can be many kinds of energy leaks: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual at a minimum. My friend Monique MacKinnon talks about money energy in this way, … [Read more...] about Introverts – Energy Assessment Basics for Easier Extroverting
Introverts – Quickly Help Extroverts In Your Life Understand You
Rather than get frustrated with an extrovert in your life that doesn’t understand you, work with your introvert strengths to help them. Being just you is the easiest way to do this. The next time you find yourself at an opposite end than that extrovert, quickly go into action being yourself. … [Read more...] about Introverts – Quickly Help Extroverts In Your Life Understand You
Introvert Tip – 5 Ways to Weather Negative Myths like a Breeze
Everyday I savor my introvert nature so I have both enough and clean energy. But myths about introverts are borderline memes and put an undeserved cloud over us. One definition of memes is “they are viral and propagate around sometimes mutating as they propagate.” But memes and truth do not travel hand in hand. Here are five ways to weather the myths: … [Read more...] about Introvert Tip – 5 Ways to Weather Negative Myths like a Breeze
Introvert Myth – Are Introverts Aloof or Something Better?
If you're an introvert you may be accused of being aloof or seeming disinterested. Years ago this would happen to me and I believed it. All I could do, without the understanding I have now, is apologize. Today, I would be able to take the accusation and explain it. There's a dictionary definition of aloof that includes an example of using the word which says it all: … [Read more...] about Introvert Myth – Are Introverts Aloof or Something Better?
Introvert Myth – Are Only Introverts Shy?
People who are shy can be either introvert or extrovert. So much research points to this. And one researcher, Bernardo Carducci, psychology professor and director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, finds there are far more shy people than introverts. It's estimated to be as high as 40 percent of Americans who are shy! How do you … [Read more...] about Introvert Myth – Are Only Introverts Shy?