What It Really Means to Be an Introvert

Even with all the awareness of what it means to be an introvert, I think there is still a lot of things that people think about introverts that are not true.

1. We don't like to be around people.  
False. We don't like to be around a large crowd of people. We do better in smaller groups.​    
2. We are always quiet. 
This is partly true. We are quiet in situations in which we feel uncomfortable. If we                 are in a comfortable situation, we will talk your head off. If we don't have something  to say, we don't say anything.
  
​3. We are not friendly.
 False. I cannot speak for all introverts but for me I struggle with small talk.  It becomes  awkward and it makes it hard to try in future social situations.

 4. We cannot be leaders.
 False. I thought this was true until I read an article about leaders and introverts on the           Quiet Revolution website.  We just lead differently. 

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