Link to Susan Cain's Talk: The power of introverts
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In Susan Cain’s talk: The power of introverts, Cain explains the need for introverts and the skills they bring. She believes our society is centered around extroverts and helping them succeed, but we need to be focusing more on helping both kinds of people, as there are no true introverts or extroverts. “Even Carl Jung, the psychologist who first popularized these terms, said that there's no such thing as a pure introvert or a pure extrovert. He said that such a man would be in a lunatic asylum, if he existed at all. And some people fall smack in the middle of the introvert/extrovert spectrum, and we call these people ambiverts. And I often think that they have the best of all worlds. But many of us do recognize ourselves as one type or the other.” Our society needs to be more accepting and willing to help introverts and extroverts alike succeed and do their best, in their own way.
After watching this TED Talk, I was interested to see whether I was an introvert or extrovert, so I found this quiz on Buzzfeed: What Level of Introvert Are You?
I found that I was a “mild introvert” as it stated that I have some introverted tendencies, but you have some extroverted tendencies too. Sometimes it tips more in one direction, but overall, you’re a rather balanced person.
Feel free to take the survey above to see how introverted you are! Were you surprised by your results? How does being an introvert help you? How does being an extrovert help you?
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