The Introvert Advantage
Dec. 23rd, 2007 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calzephyrAh, Christmas holidays, what better time to curl up with a big stack of books? And I have a lot of them to get through! I got The Introvert Advantage
from the library after finding it on an aimless search on Amazon. It is somewhat misnamed - it doesn't really explicitly state what the introvert advantage is, but then I realized that the book is the advantage. Go figure, it confused a lot of people on Amazon too, particularly because one third of the book is spent on discussing how to be more extroverted. This is the kind of advice book where you have to take what you want from it and leave the rest, especially given the author's very cutesy style. The first few chapters didn't interest me, and they were actually repetitive, but the chapters on maintaining energy, working and socializing were. For example, there's a big list of questions that can be used to maintain and sustain conversations, how to talk to extroverts ;-) and guidelines for setting personal boundaries when other people are too demanding. There's something that bugs me about this book though, and I can't quite put my finger on it. There are times when the author is extremely insightful, but other times very rigid in her thinking, and even sometimes bordering on the silly Introverts are supposed to feel colder and are 'territorial'. I have a hard time taking that seriously :-)
from the library after finding it on an aimless search on Amazon. It is somewhat misnamed - it doesn't really explicitly state what the introvert advantage is, but then I realized that the book is the advantage. Go figure, it confused a lot of people on Amazon too, particularly because one third of the book is spent on discussing how to be more extroverted. This is the kind of advice book where you have to take what you want from it and leave the rest, especially given the author's very cutesy style. The first few chapters didn't interest me, and they were actually repetitive, but the chapters on maintaining energy, working and socializing were. For example, there's a big list of questions that can be used to maintain and sustain conversations, how to talk to extroverts ;-) and guidelines for setting personal boundaries when other people are too demanding. There's something that bugs me about this book though, and I can't quite put my finger on it. There are times when the author is extremely insightful, but other times very rigid in her thinking, and even sometimes bordering on the silly Introverts are supposed to feel colder and are 'territorial'. I have a hard time taking that seriously :-)
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Date: 2007-12-30 07:53 pm (UTC)I don't feel colder, but I do act that way...I am not super comfortable talking about my feelings.
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Date: 2007-12-31 02:34 am (UTC)I have already returned the book to the library, but I think she meant colder temperature wise...although I know a lot of introverts must seem pretty aloof because they're not broadcasting. My team at work is made up of introverts and our manager is an extrovert. We didn't realize this until we had Myers Briggs testing. We used to have meetings, sit around, he'd do a lot of talking and we'd all do a lot of nodding - there was a reason for that, now, I see :-)
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Date: 2007-12-31 04:48 am (UTC)Oh, well I am definitely freezing all the time. I always figured it was because I was a female and having more body fat means my core temp is kept better--ie: I lose less heat so my skin gets cold more easily. : )
Also, I love Meyers Briggs. I am an ISTJ and with the exception of one or two things, reading my type makes me want to make handouts for people and say SEE, this is what you are dealing with! ; )
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Date: 2008-01-05 02:25 pm (UTC)One of my team mates is an ISTJ too. IIRC right, she was a little upset about the list of keywords that the report spit about her - detached. It's a word that can go either way I guess. Our HR department literally did that at work - we found out all the types on our team and talked about them. It was great! I scored the same as our supervisor, INFJ. I was a solid 30/30 for introversion :-)
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