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As an introvert, these six ideas motivate me the most:

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1. You’re not any less ‘social’ than an extrovert.

You just get drained more quickly by people.

In fact, you could describe many introverts as more social than most because they are deeply fascinated by people and care about maintaining their connections with others.

2. It’s ok to want to spend a lot of time alone.

This is how we recharge.

It’s also how we use our tremendous internal capacity to imagine, analyse, and make creative connections without the distractions of other people and the stimuli of the environment.

The world needs introverts to spend time in solitude. This is where we can make a significant impact.

3. Being an introvert doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you.

Most of us live in a world that promotes extroversion and confuses it with ‘personality.’

It has nothing to do with personality. Personality is ever-changing. It simply means we process stimulation differently.

Just because everyone in the room is talking endlessly while you’re sharing less doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong. Feeling…

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Responses (10)

What are your thoughts?

Predictability is like camouflage, and developing an audience who are excited to hear from you requires you to be continually surprising.

This point about unpredictability really hit home. It's so true that once we become predictable, we blend in and lose that element of excitement.
Being surprising doesn’t mean being random for the sake of it, but rather delivering value in a way…...

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When we’re out of our heads and into the physicality of the work, we draw people into the magic of it.

This is a great article. I think being open and authentic is key

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Whether it’s Messi on the football pitch or enjoying the simple depth in the words of Paolo Coelho, your passion can be felt.

Absolutely! ❤️

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