How to differentiate between Introverts and Extroverts
Introversion
- Inward orientation towards life
- We get energy by act of reflection
- Interacting with others expends our energy
- Looking for deeper level interactions/ideas
- We want to connect deeply
- We don’t like small talk
- Idea-oriented
- Internalize problems
- We love solitude
- Not something that is looked up to in American society
- Connecting through the contents of mind
- Being absorbed and fascinated
Extroversion
- Outward orientation towards life
- Gain energy by interacting with others
- Lose energy through reflection
- Happy with fluff talk
- Talk about problems
- Stimulation
Most of us are somewhere in the middle
Strategies for Introverts to bring their best selves:
Build your dream Room
- What are your needs?
- How do you re-energize
- We must create such a space
- Its your workspace
Loving the stage
- Being able to express yourself without interruption feels amazing
Time
- We feel we don’t have time to think or enjoy solitude
- Give time to things you value
- Use time from a position of abundance
- Stop racing
- Deliberately practice having all the time in the world
Retreats
- backing off
- withdrawal from action
- YIN
- The ultimate indulgence
- so that we have time to think
- Mini-Retreats
Don’t apologize for who you are
- Accept your thinking and you will free up a lot of blocked energy
- Be patriotic to your own preferences
Writing as a way to express yourself
- Do it daily
- Keep a journal
- 15 minutes a day
Important Links
- Laurie Helgoe online
- Introvert Power on Amazon
- 100 Ways to Develop the #1 Ingredient of Success
- Download 10 Minute Action Guides of 10 greatest books for entrepreneurs
- Listen to an Audiobook of Your Choice for Free