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| I is for Introvert |
| Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
Dictionary defines an introvert as -
a shy person
a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings
the second one totally defines me! And I dont agree with the first
Even before I realized why I was the way I was, I thought I had a limitation. Why cant I be this bubbly gregarious person who can charm a crowd of people? Why does talking drain me? Why do I want to lock myself in my room and do what I like?
Fairly recently I learnt that I am an introvert. You can see my blogs are always inward. I cannot write about some random politician or a movie without touching on how it affected 'me'
I will nod my head to almost every single point in this article. I dont agree with some of them like 7, 12,17,
This is soooooooooo me. Always feel like an odd man out.
It came as a shock to me when I realized that I cannot be successful because I am an introvert. I cannot talk to people, develop relationships, I am not business minded, I am literally full of myself. How I can be successful? How can I be a leader? How can I influence people if I am not an extrovert? I was a sad cookie.
Even recently I learnt that being an introvert is not a bad thing at all. Here is an excellent talk on introverts that changed my notion.
We need all kinds of people in the world. And introverts are great thinkers. :--P And guess what it doesnt limit one in anyway.
Being in a role that requires talking to many many people I have learnt to adapt, and develop qualities needed to thrive inspite of being an introvert.
I am bolder, not conscious, can make small talk much easily. My work in the past few months required interfacing with close to 70 people, and I survived! The event I managed I had to put on a smiling face for a whole day which gave me a jaw ache. I came to my room and was relieved to have some alone time, but hey I survived! And guess what it gave me a heady high and I did enjoy all the talk!
Now this does not mean I am changing my innate character of being an introvert, merely adapting myself to suit the situation as needed.
The past few months have given me immense confidence in myself, a new ray of hope. I dont see introversion as a limitation.
My daughter is most likely an introvert. And I am thankful for this eye openning experience.
So yay for introverts!
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posted by SK @ 11:22 PM  |
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