Extraversion Introversion

“I am often the one who does most of the listening. I am introverted, and am attracted to extrovert energy. The beautiful, warm, interesting stories at first are a delight, but quickly start to overwhelm me as the relationship develops. Often, when I feel ready to talk, I am not…

This is what that means to me First of all, I am dismayed that suddenly, your not-so-you’d-notice-it friendly, neighbourhood introvert seems to be having a moment. What? That’s honestly the last thing an introvert wants — to be noticed. Wouldn’t you think? …

This article has been transcribed from the Heartfire Rising (Mini) Podcast. CLICK HERE to listen to the episode. Today I’m going to talk about one of the facet pairs in the Myers-Briggs personality type: being an introvert versus an extrovert. …

When I was in my twenties I lived across the street from a German professor who showed me a communications model consisting of overlapping circles. You see these Venn diagrams all the time now but fifty years ago I guess it was a new idea in the field of communication…

My joy ground to an excruciating halt sometime in August. I noticed that I was barely cooking (something I mostly love to do), barely drawing (a newish passion), and resisting moving (dragging myself to walking dates with two friends, and complaining loudly about my yoga classes). I would plunk myself…

I’ve recently taken a HEXACO personality test, which measures personality across 25 dimensions. I ranked very high — higher than 95% of the population, on ‘social boldness’, an attribute of extraversion. Social Boldness is defined as : “one’s comfort or confidence within a variety of social situations. Low scorers feel…

How you prefer to bake your cake has enormous implications for team meetings and creative problem solving. For example, 50% of us get energy — more and more of it — from group conversations. We scramble over one other excitedly interrupting. The more we talk, the more energy we gain. …

I was with a group of friends, mostly extroverts. They were arguing about who was wealthier: Atiku or Dangote. The argument was intense. They argued as though their lives depended on it. I was angry they didn’t discuss issues that affect their lives such as unemployment, building business, or the…