i read this book "the introvert advantage" during the holidays.
the later part was quite technical and full of voodoo language but some parts were quite layman and i was quite surprised by some of the findings presented in the book.
i've always thought i was some cross-breed between an introvert and an extrovert.
now i know.
i'm a super-duper, true blue hardcore introvert!
but then that's by the real definition of introversion in psychological terms. precise, definite, definitions.
and not the layman version, in which introversion is just being anti-social and stupid and can't talk.
i was quite amazed when i was going through the checklist that determines whether you are an introvert or extrovert. because some of the characteristics can't be taken at face value. they're subtle indications of your natural tendencies which really goes to show what you're really like; what goes on behind your actions and outward characteristics.
for example..
introverts...
1) eat slowly. (i do)
2) write okay.. but are inproportionately inarticulate at gunpoint. (which is probably one reason why i always get that uncanny look of disbelief when people find out my gp grades; i suck at narrating, explaining and teaching stuff on the spot)
some tidbits..
1) there are 3 extroverts to every 1 introvert in this world.
2) introverts are much more analytical.
3) introverts are not anti-social.
4) extroverts are accepted as socially superior.
5) introverts and extroverts can get along very well.
i'm quite a blatant introvert. in the past i had the tendency to fear being a social misfit and hence slightly altered my behaviour to resemble that of a typical extrovert.
i've grown to realize that that is totally uncalled for and nowadays i just don't give a damn. forcing urself to do things you don't like just to look "nice" is just, well, pointless.
to me at least.
and i'm not saying this to sound like a hao mai and uncaring man in the wind either.
i am sibeh diplomatic. but being diplomatic is a whole ball game altogether..
i have seen top management people from student societies who have lousy social skills, lousy competence, his "subordinates" hate them, and yet act as if they are big fucks just because they hold high positions.
maybe this is where my mild anti-council sentiments stem from.
if they'd just wake up their idea and realize that enthusiasm and some luck would bring you quite far as far as student societies are concerned..
if they've been through n.s. they'll probably also see that there are many cases of corporals being better at doing things than officers. but that's a story for another day.
and maybe lo and behold, i'll be labelled being "sour grapes."
to that i'll probably just laugh.
i think extroverts despise introverts. which is dumb, because it's not as if introverts look up to extroverts.
we're just different.
the later part was quite technical and full of voodoo language but some parts were quite layman and i was quite surprised by some of the findings presented in the book.
i've always thought i was some cross-breed between an introvert and an extrovert.
now i know.
i'm a super-duper, true blue hardcore introvert!
but then that's by the real definition of introversion in psychological terms. precise, definite, definitions.
and not the layman version, in which introversion is just being anti-social and stupid and can't talk.
i was quite amazed when i was going through the checklist that determines whether you are an introvert or extrovert. because some of the characteristics can't be taken at face value. they're subtle indications of your natural tendencies which really goes to show what you're really like; what goes on behind your actions and outward characteristics.
for example..
introverts...
1) eat slowly. (i do)
2) write okay.. but are inproportionately inarticulate at gunpoint. (which is probably one reason why i always get that uncanny look of disbelief when people find out my gp grades; i suck at narrating, explaining and teaching stuff on the spot)
some tidbits..
1) there are 3 extroverts to every 1 introvert in this world.
2) introverts are much more analytical.
3) introverts are not anti-social.
4) extroverts are accepted as socially superior.
5) introverts and extroverts can get along very well.
i'm quite a blatant introvert. in the past i had the tendency to fear being a social misfit and hence slightly altered my behaviour to resemble that of a typical extrovert.
i've grown to realize that that is totally uncalled for and nowadays i just don't give a damn. forcing urself to do things you don't like just to look "nice" is just, well, pointless.
to me at least.
and i'm not saying this to sound like a hao mai and uncaring man in the wind either.
i am sibeh diplomatic. but being diplomatic is a whole ball game altogether..
i have seen top management people from student societies who have lousy social skills, lousy competence, his "subordinates" hate them, and yet act as if they are big fucks just because they hold high positions.
maybe this is where my mild anti-council sentiments stem from.
if they'd just wake up their idea and realize that enthusiasm and some luck would bring you quite far as far as student societies are concerned..
if they've been through n.s. they'll probably also see that there are many cases of corporals being better at doing things than officers. but that's a story for another day.
and maybe lo and behold, i'll be labelled being "sour grapes."
to that i'll probably just laugh.
i think extroverts despise introverts. which is dumb, because it's not as if introverts look up to extroverts.
we're just different.
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