introvert speech

8/14/2019 Introvert Speech

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A very good afternoon I wish to Mdm mastura and member of the floor. Before I come to my topic

today let us just visualize this.

When youre on the ride in the bus and one stranger come and sits next to you. After a while, he tried to

break the silence by wanting to have a chat with you. How would you react to this? Hes definitely not

someone that you know. Not only you, even all of us were raised up not to talk to strangers or someonethat we dont know. Does that mean that were being cocky? Or maybe, when you are in the meeting,

having a break and so forth, you just prefer to be silent while most of your co-workers dominate the

conversation. Even if you engage with the conversation, do you really feel that you want to end the

conversation so that you can bury yourself in your books or phones? If the answers for both scenarios

are true, chances are you are an introvert.

According to most of the psychologist, there are actually 30% of introverts in our population. That

means in every 3 person, one person may be an introvert. Introvert is not some disease or some weird

disorder like bipolar or split identity. They are just a normal human being like all of us.. I repeat normal

human being like all of us except that they think and stimulate differently.

I have also seen some of my friends who like to be alone and sometimes when I come near him/her

trying to start a conversation I would just be dismissed right away. There are times where I would get

offended with such behavior of these people. But soon I realize that they behave as such because they

are introvert. Based on my reading about introverts from several academic sources such as journal

psychology, psychology books and some journal, these introverts need time to be alone simply because

they need to recharge themselves from the surrounding.

Thus, today I feel it is very important to speak before you about understanding introvertsbehavior,

problem encountered by them and the inspiration strategies to care for them in a better way. But in my

speech today, I will only highlight about understanding their typical behavior portrayed by them.

So lets move on to the characteristic of the introverts.

How do you know that someone is introvert? Is it just by looking through his physical appearance, action

like being shy and we can categorize them as introvert? That would be a very vague judgment to know

whether someone is introvert or not. Most of us use the words shy and introvert interchangeably in

everyday language, but they actually give different meaning respectively. While many people are both

shy and introvert, some introverts are not shy and some shy people are in facts extroverts. What

shyness and introversion have in common is discomfort in social situation in varying degrees for many

different reasons.

Introvert sometimes resembles shyness because many introverts are uncomfortable in social situations

but the source of the discomfort is very different. As originally described by psychologist Carl Jung,

introverts find social encounters draining, particularly those involving a lot of people. Introverts gain

energy from the inner world of ideas, and they typically enjoy periods of solitude to rejuvenate.

Extroverts by way of contrast draw their energy from social encounters and find prolonged solitude

draining.


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Because introverts recharge their batteries by pulling away from social encounters, they are often

labeled by others as shy. Shyness at its most basic is discomfort in the presence of others, characterized

by self-consciousness. According to Dr. Signe Dayhoff, a social psychologist specializing in self-

presentation, shyness is a normal personality trait wherein there is inhibited behavior, a wariness of

unfamiliar people, and timidity in situations which contain a risk of harm or failure. Nearly 50% of the

population identify themselves as shy (a number thats increasing, according to researchers), with up to

95% saying they are or have been shy in some circumstances. Normally, shy people are fear of judged or

criticized and they typically dislike being in the spotlight.

But not all introverts are, in fact, shy, and many do have good social skills. In fact, some introverts are

quite outgoing, and many have shared their experience of being mistaken for extrovertsbut they pay a

price in terms of energy depletion. Those social encounters can be over-stimulating, and introverts need

to plan time to reenergize

A second characteristic of introverts is that they process information more slowly than extroverts. The

brains of introverts and extroverts use different pathways when processing information and the

introvert pathway is longer. That explains why introverts speak of needing time to process information

before they act or think, and describe encountering problems retrieving the word or thought thattheyre trying to think of. Some introvertsreport getting so caught up in the long pathway of their

thoughts that they dont even realize they havent communicated them out loud, or theystart mid-

thought, not realizing they havent shared the early stages oftheir thoughts.

There are many assessments that can help identify whether someone is an introvert or extravertthe

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument being among the most prominent.

Introverts

Reflect before they talk or act

Are energized by solitude

Prefer socializing one-on-one to group eventsLike periods of quiet; feel depleted after a lot

of activity

Enjoy deep relationships with just a few select

friends

Frequently turn their focus to thoughts, ideas,

the inner world

Are characterized by depth of interest

In psychological terms, having a preference for introversion or extroversion simply means that your

energy more naturally flows in one direction or the other, inward or outward. Its a lot like being

naturally right-handed (or left-handed). Assuming that you have the use of both hands, you can and douse your non-dominant hand in many activities, but it typically feels awkward to do so and more natural

or comfortable to use your dominant hand. Most often, you use your non-dominant hand to support

what your dominant hand is doing. As introverts, the dominant personality type draws them toward

solitude and reflection or intimate conversations, and they learn to navigate in the outer world to

balance their natural inclinations.

Extraverts

Talk out loud as they think

Are energized by being around peopleEnjoy large group activities

Like a lot of activities

Enjoy a wide circle of friendships

Frequently turn their focus to people, things, the

outer world

Are characterized by breadth of interest


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As noted earlier, were talking about a spectrum, and there are situations where they may behave in

more extroverted or introverted ways. Developing the versatility to apply whichever skills are most

appropriate to the situation is one of the keys to success. Unlike shyness, you cant overcome

introversion; but like shyness, there are choices you can make that will enable you to manage it so that

you can function most effectively in your activities. And like shyness, youll see that there are quite a

number of famous and successful people who have been identified as introverts. Being introverts is not

bad after all as they say silent people have the loudest mind and this referring to the introvert would

have the loud mind that speak inside them to gain their energy.

I hope by sharing all these information about the characteristic of the introverts, we could understand

them better and as for introvert, they say make lemonade out of lemon because the weak side of yours

can be a strong value for you. Thank you.

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