Ok the experience the author described at the networking event is pretty much textbook social anxiety.. Wanting to communicate, but being unable to, freezing, thinking other ppl are judging you without any reason - all these point to social anxiety not introversion. The rest of the article though has many good ideas and good advice for introverts..
I've actually been trying to optimize my life around my introversion in the past year. I enjoyed the read, but have some nit-picky thoughts:
>NO MONEY REQUIRED
This is a lie. Living in a big city, having money means you can actually be alone more often/in quiet spaces. You can pay to have your own place, you can pay not to live next to noisy public transit, etc. If you are making enough money to live alone in a big city, hopefully you have a good enough job that gives you an office so you can get some alone time at work, too (which, side rant, somehow at my workplace the extroverted sales team gets offices, yet senior scientists/programmers whom are more introverted have to sit in open office spaces - which is utter bullshit).
I have none of these things and it can be endlessly exhausting, so it does take money to be at your best at all times as an introvert.
Also, I really did not enjoy the book "Quiet", I thought it was hackish and unhelpful. I did enjoy the book "The Introvert Advantage" though.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 16.2 ms ] thread>NO MONEY REQUIRED
This is a lie. Living in a big city, having money means you can actually be alone more often/in quiet spaces. You can pay to have your own place, you can pay not to live next to noisy public transit, etc. If you are making enough money to live alone in a big city, hopefully you have a good enough job that gives you an office so you can get some alone time at work, too (which, side rant, somehow at my workplace the extroverted sales team gets offices, yet senior scientists/programmers whom are more introverted have to sit in open office spaces - which is utter bullshit).
I have none of these things and it can be endlessly exhausting, so it does take money to be at your best at all times as an introvert.
Also, I really did not enjoy the book "Quiet", I thought it was hackish and unhelpful. I did enjoy the book "The Introvert Advantage" though.