I Quotes
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“Introver-introver lebih suka bekerja secara independen, dan kesunyian dapat menjadi pengantar untuk inovasi.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introver sering bekerja dengan lebih pelan dan berhati-hati. Mereka fokus mengerjakan tugas satu demi satu dan memiliki konsentrasi tinggi. Introver biasanya tidak mudah tergoda dengan kekayaan dan kemasyhuran.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introver tidak harus pribadi yang pemalu. Rasa malu adalah rasa takut akan penolakan atau hinaan sosial, sedangkan introversi adalah kecenderungan untuk lingkungan yang tidak memberikan rangsangan berlebihan. Rasa malu secara bawaan terasa menyakitkan; introversi tidak.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introversion is also very different from Asperger's syndrome, the autism spectrum disorder that involves difficulties with social interactions such as reading facial expressions and body language.... unlike people with Asperger's, introverts often have strong social skills. Compared with the one third to one half of Americans who are introverts, only one in five thousand people has Asperger's.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.”
“Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. And like jazz, once we get going, we can play all night. Extrovert conversations are more like tennis matches, where thoughts are batted back and forth, and players need to be ready to respond. Introverts get winded pretty quickly.”
“Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.”
Source: Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
“Introvert Fact #1: We do not think people bite. We may not do a lot of talking, but we also do a heck of a lot of listening.”
Source: Shy Gal: An Introvert's Journey Through High School
“Introvert Fact #2: We may only have a
few friends, but they are close friends.”
Source: Shy Gal: An Introvert's Journey Through High School
“Introvert Fact #3: We love our alone time.”
Source: Shy Gal: An Introvert's Journey Through High School
“Introvert Fact #4: We hate being the
centre of attention.”
Source: Shy Gal: An Introvert's Journey Through High School
“Introvert Fact #5: We hate public speaking
in any form.”
Source: Shy Gal: An Introvert's Journey Through High School
“Introvert, her brain responds with a high level of activity, it is as if several lights start flashing on a control panel.”
“introverted but extroverted, calm but intense, open-minded but close-minded, happy but depressed”
“Introverted feeling types have a wealth of warmth and enthusiasm, but they may not show it until they know someone well. They wear their warm side inside, like a fur-lined coat.”
Source: Gifts differing: understanding personality type
“Introverted seekers need introverted evangelists. It's not that extroverts can't communicate the gospel, either verbally or nonverbally, in ways that introverts find appealing, it's that introverted seekers need to know and see that it's possible to lead the Christian life as themselves. It's imperative for them to understand that becoming a Christian is not tantamount with becoming an extrovert.”
Source: Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture
“Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.”
“Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping one another on the back, team building, and making fun of introverts to get much done. Extroverts are amazed and baffled by how much some introverts get done and assume that they, the extroverts, are somehow responsible.”
Source: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir
“Introverts and loners, know that genuine relationships and real support do in fact exist. Do not give up on your desire to meet your Soul Tribe. They are manifesting you as well.”
“Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.”
“Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.”
“INTROVERTS are especially vulnerable to challenges like marital tension, a parent’s death, or abuse. They’re more likely than their peers to react to these events with depression, anxiety, and shyness. Indeed, about a quarter of Kagan’s high-reactive kids suffer from some degree of the condition known as “social anxiety disorder,” a chronic and disabling form of shyness.”
“Introverts are generally more sensitive to low-intensity stimuli - they are mentally alerted to inputs that extroverts may miss.”
“Introverts are more effective leaders of proactive employees. When you have a creative, energetic work force, an introvert is going to draw out that energy better.”
“Introverts are not afraid to be 'weird' or 'odd-looking', to look different from the rest. They're not afraid to do their own thing, in their own pace. They don't succumb to peer/social pressure. Therefore, in my view, introverts are the strongest bunch of our society.”
“Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches. To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn't choose to go to Wonderland - but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts can feel ostracised in an environment where we feel like we have to be outgoing. Forcing conversation is exhausting for an introvert, especially around new people. We like to have time to think and craft exactly what we say.”
Source: Quiet Confidence: Breaking Up With Shyness
“Introverts don’t see life as one big cocktail party. We’re content with just a few meaningful relationships.”
Source: The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World
“Introverts don't like small talk conversation, but they typically don't mind writing. The more people can "see" you on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or a blog, the more they will feel like they know you, even though you don't have one-on-one interaction with them.”
“Introverts enjoy people-watching. Extroverts enjoy people watching.”
Source: Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
“Introverts just get more out of a peaceful sunset evening than a large crowd partying together.”
“Introverts just just don't buzz as easily.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts keep their best stuff inside—that is, until it is ready. And this drives extroverts crazy! The explanation for the introvert’s behavior—and there must be an explanation for this behavior, say the extroverts—is that he or she is antisocial, out of touch, or simply a snob.”
“Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.”
“Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types.”
“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.”
Source: The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World
“Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform”
“Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
“Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. This does not mean aping extroverts; ideas can be shared quietly, they can be communicated in writing, they can be packaged into highly produced lectures, they can be advanced by allies. The trick for introverts is to honor their own styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts often assume what's inside is visible on the outside. We don't have to invent or fake the emotion; we just need to allow it to be seen!”
“Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration . They're relatively immune to the lures of wealth and fame.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.”
Source: Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
“Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts process information internally, and we don't like to express our thoughts until they are fully formed.”
“Introverts rather die than volunteer to give a speech in public.”
Source: Stamerenophobia
“Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and blame ourselves. Though introverts may also externalize and see others as the problem, it's more convenient to keep the problem "in house." Internalizers tend to be reliable and responsible, but we can also be very hard on ourselves.”
Source: Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength