The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance
Love this article. She defines Introversion as "the preference for less stimulation". Comments?
I've claimed it for decades , but this confirms it . I'm an introvert . Even my cats are so used to a quiet environment , that they disappear when another person shows up , and won't reappear until twenty minutes or so after others have left . I've even tuned out facebook.com , so I don't hear anything unless I stop to watch something specific .
My cats do the same thing!
An annoying thing about Cain is that she keeps saying or implying that introverts are afraid of public speaking. While I am sure that is true for many people, introverted or extroverted, I don't think it is universally true for introverts. I don't have any problem with public speaking, as long as I have something to speak about.
I'm not so much afraid as uncomfortable. I don't like public speaking either, but I had to do it in my business life. Put me at a conference table with CEO's and I'm in charge because I'm delivering a prepared presentation on a topic I know inside and out. There's no social risk with that sort of thing. It's just business. (Although I will admit that standing at a lectern makes my brain freeze up and my vocabulary evaporate, especially during the Q&A.)
They do say that many famous people in the spotlight are introverts, especially comedians.... and I read that Barbra Streisand has "agonizing stage fright" before every performance.
@TheoryNumber3 I think that speaking for work, be it entertainment or business, puts the speaking in a different category since it is not about you, the individual. It is about something else. For over a decade I did volunteer work giving tours at a sanctuary. I enjoyed it for the most part, even though they were often quite interactive. After the tour though, sometimes people wanted to make small talk and I really didn't have much to say then.
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