Introvert X Extrovert

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Our world has so long been taken over a storm with an Introvert and Extrovert case. There's almost none that doesn't talk of whether personality is the finest. Most people would agree if the other refer to Extroverts as the best kind of personality due mostly to the fact that extroverts can easily build networks with other people and is considered beneficial for business matters. Introverts in opposite, are ironically identified as 'nerds', antisocial, often linked to unsuccessful people, and lads who won't get anywhere in life. Some parents even attempt to convert their introvert kids into an extrovert.

Bugged by these infamous traditions, I can profoundly conclude that people's cognition regarding human personalities are shallow, or at least in my argument. It is shocking how horrid an introvert's stereotype is in the society. Enthroned by the praises of shallow-minded people, 'bad' extroverts gained their capability to pick up mean words to use over introverts who mostly are merely confused of blending into his or her environment. In this case, and from this case that introverts often experience,  out there that introverts are deemed to be unsuccessful in their working life because they simply have no talent in constructing network with others.

So, are Introverts really that bad?

As an Introvert myself, I can't really tell. But based on my experience as an INFJ (remember there are 16 types of MBTI personalities and none of them are for judging purpose), Introversion does not define neither your career nor your social life. I turn total extrovert next to people that I'm close to, I befriend people without hesitation, I tell cheesy jokes ever so frequently, even some of my close friends were stoked by the time I announced my MBTI result, providing an evidence that I am indeed an introvert.

"Well, I thought you were an Extrovert because you talk so much!"

As for the MBTI test, I was proven 78% an Introvert. I ranked as an Advocate and people of my MBTI type makes up only 1% of the world's population. What am I to judge? I can be an extrovert when I feel so, but talking to people drives me fatigue. I have no right to deny that my jokes are nothing to laugh about, I have trouble speaking up and in every waking moment I find myself talking to myself, plunging deep into my thoughts of life and death, questioning the reason of human existence, and finding out a way to cope with my struggles. My speech is prone to interruption to the point where I couldn't even finish one sentence when talking to a large group of peers and I therefore opt to make use of this blog as a way to finish my one or many sentences.

Should you ask for my personal opinion, I would say Introversion is rather hard to be guessed. As for myself, I tend to be hard to predict and I can justify myself to conditions surrounding myself. If I'm in a group of people or when nature starts me on an awkward meeting with a stranger in a park, I turn my Extrovert switch on and up my level of self-esteem. On the opposite, I'd much rather be silent on a regular basis, keep my burdens to myself and fake a smile. So being an Introvert or Extrovert is merely a preference whether you prefer to be by yourself or with a group of people.

I find myself as a creative person by being an introvert. While I never prefer to talk much, I keep my thoughts to myself and as my mind start to wander around I found my passion in such things as Interior Design, Handcrafting and Music. Being an introvert taught me my own life skills, my preferred thoughts and keeping myself all smiles and positive. I embrace my Introversion ever so lovingly and I have no doubt where my Introversion is leading me. I envision my Introversion as a God-given talent,

Lastly, it does not matter if you're an introvert or an extrovert. Each personality types are distinct in its own way and they have their own positive and negative sides just as everything in this world does. If you can easily identify yourself as an easy, outgoing Extrovert, make use of your diplomacy and your talent on delivering positive messages about the world you're in, to be an influential person that . You're born to share your story for the whole world to hear!
If you knew from the start that you're an Introvert, embrace it! Acknowledge the true fact that you're fully potent, you have vast abilities and skills within you, those that are just waiting to be unleashed in its utmost potency.


Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures -F. Scott Fitzgerald-