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What do you think about people who are introverts?
A term introduced by the psychologist Carl Jung to describe a person whose motives and actions are directed inward. Introverts tend to be preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people.
[ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/introvert ]
The opposite of introvert is extrovert.
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I am an Introvert. I have been tested as an INFJ. My daughter and husband are also Introverts.
Although, one my best friends is an Extrovert. A number of years ago when we used to go many places together (she moved out of state a long time ago), our personalities worked out well together. She would gather all the commotion and attention to herself, and I always find the quiet places.
Introverts are not well understood by the general public. There is a great video about Introverts on Youtube. If you like, I shall share it.
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Me! lol
But as Ive matured and had experience in retail, ive learned to be more friendly. Ive also realized that being very introverted can make me seem stuck up or unfriendly.. Now I am better at being out of myself and more giving in building friendships and also with customers of course. (:
I am still naturally introvert but I am less selfish
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I have only known a few introverts. I guess it is because birds of a feather hang together and I am probably the opposite of an intovert. I am intrigued by introverts because they have so much more time to do things without being bothered by people. One of the inroverts that I met was a twelve year old boy. He was at a Birthday party sitting in a corner away from all of the other children with his laptop. I noticed that his wifi light was lit up and he was playing an interactive online game. I introduced myself and asked how he was getting wifi. He told me that he had hacked into the internet of one of the neighbors! The kid was brilliant. I asked him what he did with his spare time and he said that he read and designed corporate websites...and showed me a few of them...making big bucks.
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Me! lol
But as Ive matured and had experience in retail, ive learned to be more friendly. Ive also realized that being very introverted can make me seem stuck up or unfriendly.. Now I am better at being out of myself and more giving in building friendships and also with customers of course. (:
I am still naturally introvert but I am less selfish
In public, I have been told I am unfriendly or stuck up. Because I am quiet. I am not being mean or anything. I am just quiet. People are very uncomfortable around quiet, I have noticed.
The funny thing is, my favorite job in the whole world was working for Hotels. A long time ago, I used to manage the front desk of a hotel. I loved working in travel. Meet some very interesting people. But, I am an introvert.
I can also give great speeches. Some of my college professors were introverts. Those that were gave the best lectures. It was easy to tell they really thought about what they were saying.
The German for introvert translates loosely to "toward inner right". Introverts spend more time examining themselves, their thoughts, and actions than anyone else.
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I have only known a few introverts. I guess it is because birds of a feather hang together and I am probably the opposite of an intovert. I am intrigued by introverts because they have so much more time to do things without being bothered by people. One of the inroverts that I met was a twelve year old boy. He was at a Birthday party sitting in a corner away from all of the other children with his laptop. I noticed that his wifi light was lit up and he was playing an interactive online game. I introduced myself and asked how he was getting wifi. He told me that he had hacked into the internet of one of the neighbors! The kid was brilliant. I asked him what he did with his spare time and he said that he read and designed corporate websites...and showed me a few of them...making big bucks.
Actually, we do not have anymore time than other people do. We just spend it doing different things. Concert? No. I prefer sitting at home researching. Shopping with the gals? No. I prefer sitting at home researching.
Or painting.
Or writing.
Or doing strange creative things.
We have the same amount of time. We just do different stuff.
;D
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Me! lol
But as Ive matured and had experience in retail, ive learned to be more friendly. Ive also realized that being very introverted can make me seem stuck up or unfriendly.. Now I am better at being out of myself and more giving in building friendships and also with customers of course. (:
I am still naturally introvert but I am less selfish
you sound like me! i'm still an introvert at heart (i'd much rather work
by myself than in a group, for example - but we're not going to put
that on our resumes, right? LOL)... but yes, my experience in retail
and just generally maturing outside of my family/home environment
has opened me up a lot.
i've learned that you become accepted by a group of people much
quicker when you're friendly and confident. "less selfish" - i like that
you mentioned that! i think of myself as less selfish now, too.
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Funny, I never considered Introverts to be selfish. I think it is more selfish to try to persuade a normally quiet person to be outgoing. In fact, it is rude and does not respect the person.
True Introverts require some form of quiet, for physical and mental reasons. To expect an Introvert to be anything other than who they are is selfish, in my opinion.
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I am quiet, but friendly and not afraid to start up a conversation with anyone. I just prefer to listen more often than speak as I find I learn a lot more that way. My wife is definitely an introvert and it was quite a challenge to get to get her to open up when we first met 8 years ago. She is funny, feisty, kind, and has a great personality, but it takes her some time to break the ice with new people and even then she would never be considered gregarious. I don't prefer to keep company with overly loquacious people who just like to hear themselves speak, however most of my friends are more talkative than myself and that suits me fine. It appears that my friends are likewise accepting of my more low key personality.
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I am quiet, but friendly and not afraid to start up a conversation with anyone. I just prefer to listen more often than speak as I find I learn a lot more that way. My wife is definitely an introvert and it was quite a challenge to get to get her to open up when we first met 8 years ago. She is funny, feisty, kind, and has a great personality, but it takes her some time to break the ice with new people and even then she would never be considered gregarious. I don't prefer to keep company with overly loquacious people who just like to hear themselves speak, however most of my friends are more talkative than myself and that suits me fine. It appears that my friends are likewise accepting of my more low key personality.
This was refreshing to read. My husband and I are the same way. When I meet new people, they rarely understand my need to just listen and observe. It takes me some time. Oddly, when my husband and I met, we blabbed for hours. I would never do that with anyone. I think that is one way we knew we were right for each other. We have always been comfortable with one another's introvert-ish-ness.
I have complex partial seizures from TLE, and have often wondered if the two go hand in hand, at least in my case. I think, for me, they may.
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I love this video. When watching this women talk, it is easy to tell that she is nervous as a mouse. She is just darling to watch, though. When she talks about camp - that was totally me. I went to camp with my 6th grade class many moons ago. I brought books. Other girls brought make-up. It was not a fun time. Hahahaha.
I highly recommend this for the Introverts and their families and friends.
Susan Cain on Introverts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4)
"Stop the madness for constant group work. Just stop it!"
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Yes I am one.
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My husband is an introvert. He is stuck on his own beliefs. I am an extrovert. :icon_rr: :thumbsup:
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I'm an introvert although I can be more extroverted in situations where people expect it. For some reason, many people (likely extroverts) seem to get upset if someone is quiet or not constantly talking. I'm not really sure why people expect everyone to be just like them.
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thats me I m shy around new people.
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I'm an introvert although I can be more extroverted in situations where people expect it. For some reason, many people (likely extroverts) seem to get upset if someone is quiet or not constantly talking. I'm not really sure why people expect everyone to be just like them.
Yes. This happens to me a lot. Introversion is not valued in our society. Most activities are geared towards extroversion.
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I'm definitely an introvert though I don't consider the quietness as a preoccupation with myself. I just prefer solitude sometimes. I think I'm becoming less of an introvert as I age.
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I'm one and I love it! :peace:
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I like those descriptions much better Delphyne. Thanks for posting them.
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Probably met some over the course of time and didn't realize it.
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I like those descriptions much better Delphyne. Thanks for posting them.
Not a problem. I thought someone would find them useful. :D
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They do not like to talk to other people. They write letters to other people or use emails.
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I am often in introvert-mode. I observe. I try hard to chew my words carefully before they leave my mouth. I have found that many are full of sound and fury that signifies very little.
And quiet people have loud minds. ;)
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I am often in introvert-mode. I observe. I try hard to chew my words carefully before they leave my mouth. I have found that many are full of sound and fury that signifies very little.
And quiet people have loud minds. ;)
I really love that: Quiet people have loud minds. That would describe me perfectly. :D
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They do not like to talk to other people. They write letters to other people or use emails.
This is not true and an over-simplification. We do thoroughly enjoy talking to people. We just do not care for small talk, generally. Many of us prefer writing because it allows us to focus our thoughts.
We do not like unnecessary talk. :bunny:
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Chalk me up as another introvert on the board. Guess that's why I like living in cyberspace. :)
I've learned extrovert techniques through ballroom dancing and teaching to have a means to force myself into the world, as a necessity for survival (so to speak). By my first tendencies are to be that quiet mouse in the corner observing everything before volunteering to contribute anything - and only if there is a reason.
Over the years, my mix of friends tends to be a nice blend of extroverts and introverts of varying degrees. We introverts enjoy listening to the tales spun by our extrovert friends. And our extrovert friends fully appreciate the gems of conversations we drop from time to time. No one complains about the other, we've tended to find a happy balance.
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I'm definitely a introvert! I prefer to live my life - alone! I'm happiest when i'm alone too! 8)
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Does anyone here know their Introvert type? I am an INFJ. :D
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A list of some famous Introverts. Some of them may surprise you.
Socrates
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Sir Isaac Newton
U.S. Presidents:
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
John Tyler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
William Harvey (pioneer in human physiology)
C. G. Jung, (Freudian defector, author of Psychological Types, etc.)
William James
Albert Einstein
Tom Foley (Speaker of the House--U.S. House of Representatives)
Henri Mancini
Bob Newhart
Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator (D.--NM)
Rick Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids)
Midori Ito (ice skater, Olympic silver medalist)
Tiger Woods
Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers)
Susan B. Anthony
Arthur Ashe, tennis champion
Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus)
Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
William J. Bennett, "drug czar"
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironsides)
Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane) (Fletch)
Phil Donahue
Michael Dukakis, governor of Mass., 1988 U.S. Dem. pres. candidate
Greg Gumbel, television sportscaster
Hannibal, Carthaginian military leader
Veronica Hamel (Hill Street Blues)
Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote)
Orel Leonard Hershiser, IV
Peter Jennings
Charles Everett Koop
Ivan Lendl
C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Joan Lunden
Edwin Moses, U.S. olympian (hurdles)
Martina Navratilova
Charles Rangel, U. S. Representative, D-N.Y.
Pernell Roberts (Bonanza)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California
Josephine Tey (Elizabeth Mackintosh), mystery writer (Brat Farrar)
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor
Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense
General Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
Lance Armstrong
Richard Gere (Pretty Woman)
Katie Couric
U.S. Presidents:
Chester A. Arthur
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
James K. Polk
Woodrow Wilson
Here are some Indian Inroverts
Mahatma Gandhi
Sachin Tendulkar
Sharukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Ranbir Kapoor
Ilayathalapathy Vijay
Rajnikanth
Kamal hassan
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it doesnt really matter if you are introvert or introvert to me i am just happpy to have friends
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My husband is an introvert, and I am a combination of both. I have introvert and extrovert qualities, and I am a good listener, but if I want to I can start a conversation with the people I meet.
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I used to consider myself an extrovert, but after working with people for 29 years, I definitely have become an introvert.