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Points from Marti Olsen Laney

• Introverts are different and it's okay.
• Introverts are different in three main ways:
  1. Energy creation
  2. Response to stimulation
  3. Depth vs. Breadth
• Introverts do like people.
• The world needs introverts with their unique and precious qualities.

The Introvert Advantage, Marti Olsen Laney, 35

"You Might Be an Introvert if ...", Part 2

• Prefer to relax alone or with a few close friends
• Consider only deep relationships as friends
• Need rest after outside activities
• Often just listen, but will talk about things of importance to you
• Appear calm, self-contained, and like to observe
• Tend to think before you act or think
• Don't like feeling rushed
• Experience mind going blank in groups or under pressure

Marti Olsen Laney, The Introvert Advantage, 29-30

Introvert Joke #4

How many introverts does it take to change a light bulb?  Five!  As each one takes up the place in the room farthest from the other introverts, the 5th will end up in the middle of the room close enough to change the light bulb.

Introvert Joke #3

How many introverts does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. Having the lights on just makes more people come and visit.

"You Might Be an Introvert If ..."

No joke, here.  According to Marti Olsen Laney, author of The Introvert Advantage,introverts are more likely to:

• Keep energy inside, making it difficult for others to know them
• Be absorbed in thought
• Hesitate before speaking
• Avoid crowds
• Pursue quiet spots
• Be cautious in meeting other people
• Become agitated if not given enough time alone or undisturbed

Introvert Joke #2

How many introverts does it take to have a meeting?

It only takes two but they both need to have a computer and an internet  connection.

Introvert Joke #1

Knock, knock. Who’s there? An introvert. An introvert who? [sighs] I told you already, an introvert!

The Introvert Advantage

As a 100%, bona fide, card-carrying, off-the-chart introvert, I decided to dedicate a category to those of us who are proud to be introverts.  Though we are out-numbered 3-1, we are in good company.  According to Marti Olsen Laney (see "Books Currently Reading"), Julia Roberts, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, David Letterman and even Harry Potter are introverts.  So was Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Johnny Carson.  So, check back to this category from time to time as I share things about introversion from Laney and others.  Gotta shut my door and get back to reading!