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The book that helped me understand my introverterted self better and made me stop feeling guilty about it.
Growing up as an introvert was certainly hard. I have to go through difficult situations that requires to mentally push myself beyond what is required or expected of me that sometimes it becomes exhausting to maintain it just to be socially acceptable in casual situations, in work, or even in a simple family gathering. The psychological strain this puts introverts such as myself is mentally draining that sometimes it affects me function to well. I didn’t know it then that my introversion has something to do with it, I always believed that there is something wrong with me that needs fixing or improving. But reading this book helped me understand that being an introvert was never a weakness, although at times it can be frustrating, but it is a limiting part of who I am.
In this book, the author @susancainauthor backed up her research with facts, science and statistcs to show that “introverts are greatly successful and powerful, not in spite of their introversion, but BECAUSE of it.” I guess one of the many things the author wanted to point out is to “not denigrate those who forge ahead quickly (the outgoing, the extrovert), or to blindly glorify the reflective and careful ones (the introvert) but instead to find a balance between action and reflection”. She also asserted carefully with facts in which both personality types have an extremely important part to play in our world and the importance of having a balance between the two.
I also appreciated that she includes on how both personalities have a unique role and impact in the spiritual/evangelical aspects, and questions about nature vs nurture.
“The book of Exodus is short on explication, but its stories suggest that introversion plays yin to the yang of extroversion; that the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them well.”
Growing up as an introvert was certainly hard. I have to go through difficult situations that requires to mentally push myself beyond what is required or expected of me that sometimes it becomes exhausting to maintain it just to be socially acceptable in casual situations, in work, or even in a simple family gathering. The psychological strain this puts introverts such as myself is mentally draining that sometimes it affects me function to well. I didn’t know it then that my introversion has something to do with it, I always believed that there is something wrong with me that needs fixing or improving. But reading this book helped me understand that being an introvert was never a weakness, although at times it can be frustrating, but it is a limiting part of who I am.
In this book, the author @susancainauthor backed up her research with facts, science and statistcs to show that “introverts are greatly successful and powerful, not in spite of their introversion, but BECAUSE of it.” I guess one of the many things the author wanted to point out is to “not denigrate those who forge ahead quickly (the outgoing, the extrovert), or to blindly glorify the reflective and careful ones (the introvert) but instead to find a balance between action and reflection”. She also asserted carefully with facts in which both personality types have an extremely important part to play in our world and the importance of having a balance between the two.
I also appreciated that she includes on how both personalities have a unique role and impact in the spiritual/evangelical aspects, and questions about nature vs nurture.
“The book of Exodus is short on explication, but its stories suggest that introversion plays yin to the yang of extroversion; that the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them well.”